[Letter to] Dear friend 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 praises the editorials of George William Curtis. He mentions the investigation of the Tweed Ring in New York and the state's recent elections. May says that in Massachusetts, "the 'Labor Reform' and "Prohibitory' parties have fallen off one half from their last year's votes" and that the alliance between Wendell Phillips and Benjamin F. Butler has unquestionably injured Phillips' position and influence.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

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