[Letter to] Dear friend Webb
Contributors: Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872, recipient
Series: Samuel May Correspondence
Published: 1861
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; History; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists
Description: May discusses business matters and mentions the death of Francis Jackson. He tells Webb, "never, since I became an Abolitionist, have I seen such hopeful times as these for the anti-slavery cause." He complains of England's pro-Southern leanings and mentions various English articles on the Civil War and the sale of arms to the Confederacy by England. May describes the action at Port Royal and the Trent Affair. He tells Webb that Charles Sumner is lecturing in Boston and that The Mercantile Library Association invited Wendell Phillips to speak.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

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