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<dl><dd>Addressed to 21 Cornhill, Boston</dd>
<dd>Holograph, signed</dd>
<dd>May's handwriting on the envelope reads, "P.P.'s letter from Edinburgh Rec'd Oct. 15 / 55."</dd>
<dd>Title supplied by cataloger</dd>
<dd>Pillsbury discusses articles that he wrote recently for "The Enquirer" and "The Anti-Slavery Advocate." He tells May that "Andrew Paton perseveres with his Sunday Steamer Enterprise." Pillsbury discusses the Scotch clergy and asserts that "Intemperance is disappearing in this country [Scotland] much faster than in England or Ireland." He gives an account of his lecture schedule and tells May that he is trying to get a letter from George Armstrong that was written by Lajos Kossuth, who denounces the British and American abolitionists. Pillsbury reports of the difficulties of Julia Griffiths</dd></dl><br>Subjects: May, Samuel, 1810-1899; Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements</div>
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<dl><dd>Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898</dd>
<dd>May, Samuel, 1810-1899, recipient</dd></dl></div>
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