Samuel J. May invitation, 1865.

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Samuel J. May invitation, 1865.

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Engraved invitation to ministers and their congregations to attend a meeting including a lecture in behalf of the African American freedmen, dated August 25th, 1865. The invitation is from J.R. Shipherd, Secretary, F.A.C. (Freedmen's Aid Commission). On the verso are notes of agenda items for a meeting, possibly the same meeting, apparently in May's hand.

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Cornell University Library

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American Freedmen's Aid Commission

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

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Samuel May was a Unitarian clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to anti-Slavery, temperance, and suffrage, among others. From the description of Samuel J. May diary, 1867. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64691611 Samuel May was a Unitarian Clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to Freedman's Relief, Temperance, and Suffrage, among others. From the descripti...

Shipherd, Jacob R. (Jacob Rudd), 1836-1905

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