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May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Samuel Joseph May diary, 1868.

Title: Samuel Joseph May diary, 1868.

May is in weakening health but until April pursues his duties as Unitarian Minister in Syracuse, N.Y. He is President of the Board of Education. He continues with writing a series of articles recalling his memories of the anti-slavery movement. In April he retires as pastor of his church, but accepts engagements to visit and preach at regional churches. He assists in organizing new church in Ithaca, N.Y. He maintains his correspondence with activist leaders in several national movements.

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May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Samuel Joseph May diary, 1865.

Title: Samuel Joseph May diary, 1865.

Diary of a Unitarian clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to Anti-slavery,Freedman's Relief, Temperance, and Suffrage causes amongst others. Gives account of daily life of a 19th Century clergyman: weddings, funerals, services to the poor, sermons, correspondence, publications, visits, etc. along with May's special interests which include spiritualism, education, organizing a hospital, and assisting the Onondaga Indians. May is in contact with many important figures of the American Civil War era. In this year he is president of the Syracuse Board of Education, recruits teachers for the Freedman's Relief Association,is grieved by a rupture between his friends Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison, is a witness at a divorce hearing for Dr. Mary E. Walker, acts as an advocate for a petition of the Onondagas, and writes a farewell to The Liberator.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 16 cm.

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