[Letter to] My dear sir, friend & cousin

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

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Samuel May Jr. (Writer) tells Samuel J. May (Recipient) about an antislavery tour in Vermont in which he participated together with William Lloyd Garrison. He says the tour was a productive one, and praises Garrison?s ́extraordinary good sense, clear discrimination & ready adaptation of his subject to his audience. ́ He then discusses Recipient?s upcoming visit to Massachusetts, and asks him to avoid visiting Leicester during the antislavery bazaar because his wife will be particularly busy with the event this year due to the death of Sarah H. Earle. He then discuss Recipient?s subscription fee for the Advocate and news from Recipient?s sons abroad.

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