[Letter to] My dear Sir
Contributors: May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871 recipient
Published: 1847
Place of publication: Brooklyn, CT
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; History; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists
Other titles: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) Samuel May Correspondence. 
Description: Writing to Samuel J. May (Recipient), Samuel May Jr. (Writer) talks about the future arrangement for the Brooklyn (CT) society to which he has delivered his last sermon, and asks Recipient to visit Brooklyn to give a sermon. After briefly discussing the  ́Liberty party, ́ Writer switch the topic to family matters, such as his son who has been sent to England to pass the summer and Recipient?s brother in Hopedale who got a house in a very poor condition and for whom the writer acted to raise a small fund amongst family and friends to be spent on the repair. Writer says he will soon leave to Boston for his work, to be eventually joined by his family. He ends the letter with news about mutual acquaintances.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

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