Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, January 14 / [18]79
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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Samuel May, Jr. returns William Lloyd Garrison's "kind wishes of the New Year", and thanks him for the copy of the volume "Determination". May states his grief at hearing of Garrison's illness, and admonishes him that he is "working [himself] over hard". May states his dismay and regret that he and Garrison cannot see eye-to-eye on "our National present & future" nor on the "attitude and responsibility of the present Administration". May asserts that the chief distinction between himself and Garrison on these matters is Garrison's belief that the redemption of the South is the duty of the Republican party and the North alone, whereas May states that this work is the duty of the "whole American people".
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- Abolitionists
- Antislavery Movements
- Correspondence
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Freedmen
- Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
- Hayes, Rutherford B. 1822 1893
- History
- May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
- Political Corruption
- Reconstruction (U.S. History, 1865 1877)
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854)
- Slaver
- United States