Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 to Samuel Joseph May

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GLC#
GLC00979
Type
Letters
Date
March 13, 1837
Author/Creator
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Title
to Samuel Joseph May
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Greenleaf invites May to the quarterly meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Lynn, Massachusetts. He indicates that "Stanton, Garrison, Loring, Sewall, everybody wishes thee to be with us on the occasion." Mentions a Missouri statement from years ago against admitting Missouri as a slave state.

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