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Summary
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel Joseph May discusses opposition to the abolitionist cause, saying, "it seems to me that our opposers are doing every thing to help us." He then tells of his visit, together with George Thompson, to the house of John Greenleaf Whittier in Haverhill, and asks "Who could hurt Geo[rge] Thompson if he knew him[?] So generous, disinterested, devoted!" After the additional note by Harriet Minot, May picks up the letter again, now dated "Boston, Sep[tember] 7, 1835," and tells Garrison that he is "very anxious about [George] Thompson," after reports that he "was roughly handled at Concord, N[ew] H[ampshire]." May also mentions a letter he received from [Amos Augustus] Phelps, who "is doing well in the region around Rochester, N[ew] Y[ork]" and stresses the importance of sending "petitions signed by thousands" to Congress. May also shares his regret for attempting to lecture about slavery in Haverhill, stating "there is a base sort of fellow there - and in towns of that size .. who are ready for riot and outrage upon any pretext." Before ending the letter, May reports he heard [George Barrell] Cheever give "an admirable discourse" to the Rhetorical Society in Andover.
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