Abraham May
Subtitle: May lost his eyes and right hand while blasting on the Utica & Black River Railroad, August 10th, 1871
Series: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine--Medical Heritage Library digitization project
Publisher: Standard Print
Published: 1873
Place of publication: Gloversville, N.Y
Language: eng
Subjects: Blind; Amputees; Visually Impaired Persons; Railroad accidents; Poetry
Notes: Poem in 4 stanzas appealing for charity: "Mr. May has a wife and six children dependent on him for support. Before being disabled he was always a sober and hardworking man. What sum you may choose to give him will not be misplaced."

First line of poem: Good Christians, ever true and kind.