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<dl><dd>Holograph, signed</dd>
<dd>Title supplied by cataloger</dd>
<dd>Heading reads, "Copy of a letter to Hon. Charles Hudson."</dd>
<dd>May states that his letter transmits five petitions to Congress from the inhabitants of Leicester. Accompanying the letter is a memorandum that outlines the number of legal voters and non-voters supporting the petitions. Seven petitions are listed in the memorandum, although only the last five are noted "to Congress": Railroad petition, Black Law petition, Amendment of the Constitution, Remonstrance against Texas, No new slave state, Hayti, and Slavery and the Slave Trade in D.C. and the Territories and between states</dd></dl><br>Subjects: May, Samuel, 1810-1899; Hudson, Charles, 1795-1881; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists</div>
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<dl><dd>May, Samuel, 1810-1899</dd>
<dd>Hudson, Charles, 1795-1881, recipient</dd></dl></div>
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