[Letter to] Dear Miss Wigham

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Label

[Letter to] Dear Miss Wigham

Creator

• May, Samuel, 1810-1899

Contributor

• Wigham, Eliza

Recipient

• Wigham, Eliza

Subject

• Manuscripts
• Letters
• May, Samuel, 1810-1899. -- Correspondence
• May, Samuel J., (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
• Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
• Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Abolitionists -- United States -- 19th century -- Correspondence
• Wigham, Eliza -- Correspondence

Genre

• Correspondence
• Manuscripts
• Letters

Language

eng

Summary

May discusses Dr. Monod and sectarianism. He condemns ministers who strive only for popularity. He mentions Harriet Beecher Stowe's "The Minister's Wooing," currently appearing in "The Atlantic Monthly." May reports that his cousin, Samuel Joseph May, is in Europe. He refers to the travels of his son, Edward May, and says that he has heard that George Thompson has a position as a lecturer. In a postscript dated July 1, May discusses the New York Anti-Slavery Fair

Member of

• Samuel May Correspondence

Cataloging source

BRL

Index

no index present

Literary form

letters

Nature of contents

dictionaries