[Letter to] Dear friend Webb
Contributors: Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872, recipient
Series: Samuel May Correspondence
Published: 1862
Place of publication: Leicester, [Mass.]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln); United States; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; History
Description: May discusses the intention of the South to build an empire on slavery and Great Britain's attitude toward the venture. May complains to his friend of England's support of the South, but praises the speeches of Englishmen, John Bright and Professor Francis W. Newman. The "Alabama" affair and the Emancipation Proclamation are also mentioned in the correspondence.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

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Librarian's note on catalog card indicates the date of this letter should be January 12, 1863.