[Letter to] My dear old friend Mr. May
Contributors: May, Samuel, 1810-1899, recipient; Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889, recipient
Series: Samuel May Correspondence
Published: 1887
Place of publication: Holly Beach, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; History; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists
Description: Ms. Plummer discusses Eli Thayer's attack on the Garrisonians and Oliver Johnson's pamphlet in response to Thayer. She describes Holly Beach. The final page is a letter from Samuel May to Oliver Johnson, dated from Leicester, August 12. May tells Johnson of Ms. Plummer's pleasing letter and informs Johnson that she was a sister of one of the men with John Brown at Harpers Ferry.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

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May's writing at the top of the letter reads, "Rec'd Aug. 6 / 87."