[Letter to] Dear Mr. Webb
Contributors: Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872, recipient
Series: Samuel May Correspondence
Published: 1871
Place of publication: Leicester, [Mass.]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; History; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists
Description: May says that he has heard Webb's son, Richard, has returned to San Francisco. He tells Webb that he has sent a draft to Sydney Howard Gay. He discusses various magazines: "Graphic," "Harper's Weekly," and "Every Saturday." May praises the cartoons of Thomas Nast. He describes his son Edward's journey to the Pacific coast, mentions the death of a Mrs. Bertody, and says that Wendell Phillips is losing much of his influence.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

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