Papers, 1825-1903.

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Papers, 1825-1903.

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Papers of Samuel May, Unitarian minister of Leicester, Mass. Correspondence, diaries, sermons (1830-71), commonplace-books, and student notebooks of Samuel May and Caroline F. Putnam. Letters of Miss Putnam describe her administration of the Holley School, a charitable school for Black children at Lottsburgh, Va., problems of antislavery agents, the local scene, and the work of abolitionists and reformers Abigail Kelley Foster and Sallie Holley. May's papers relate to his schooling at Harvard College and Divinity School, his ministry, and his involvement in the New England abolitionist movement. Includes annotated Boston almanacs (1837-94) and records of statistics and activities of the town of Leicester.

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