[Letter to] Dear cousin Samuel

Alternate Titles

• Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) Samuel May Correspondence.

Description

In one of the two letters included in this item (written on December 22, 1859), Samuel May Jr. (Writer) asks Samuel J. May (Recipient) to give a visit to Mr. Hovey before Recipients leaves the area. Mr. Hovey has been confined to his room with an illness for three months, and would like to see Recipient. In another letter (written on January 3, 1960), Samuel May Jr. (Writer) tells Samuel J. May (Recipient) that he is enclosing a letter from Mary Anne Estlin. He asks Recipient to write to her and maintain correspondence with her, explaining how much she values her friendship with Recipient. (The letter from Mary Ann Estlin is not included in this item.)

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