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[Copy of letter to] Dear Mr. May [manuscript]

by: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879; May, Samuel, 1810-1899, recipient

Publication date: 1864

Topics: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, May, Samuel, 1810-1899, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884, American Anti-Slavery Society, National anti-slavery standard, Antislavery movements, Abolitionists

Publisher: Boston, [Mass.]

Collection: bplscas; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: english-handwritten

Handwritten copy of letter; not William Lloyd Garrison's handwriting

William Lloyd Garrison was well satisfied with his trip to Baltimore and Washington. He hoped in vain that Wendell Phillips would change his mind about President Lincoln after the Republican convention. Phillips objected to the American Anti-Slavery Society's continued support of the National Anti-Slavery Standard on the grounds that the Standard showed a strong bias in favor of Lincoln. A meeting of the Executive Committee will be held to discuss the matter