[Letter to] My dear friend Webb

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May praises Webb's patience and helpfulness and informs Webb that he found George Thompson's reply to Frederick Douglass an excellent one. He hopes that Charles K. Whipple has sent information to Webb about Gardiner Spring, "a notorious proslavery Presbyterian of New York City." May tells Webb that Dr. George B. Cheever has sailed for Europe and praises two speeches of Senator Charles Sumner. May agrees with Webb's criticism of James Redpath's "The Public Life of Capt. John Brown." The letter concludes with an update from May concerning his son Edward, who is established in Saigon.

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