Letter from George W. Putnam, Lynn, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1851 Sept[ember] 16th

George W. Putnam writes to Samuel May about an antislavery meeting held in North Middleboro. Putnam says that Nathaniel H. Whiting and Lewis Ford also attended the meeting but he "had the 5 o' clock meeting to myself & spoke till dark." He tells May that he is now "quite sick to day" and will not be able to attend meetings the following week. He describes sending his account of contributions to Samuel Philbrick, explaining that "I did not make out my own account because I did not know what to put down for the extra time at Harwich (& you forgot in your last letter to say how much)." Putnam says James Buffum plans to travel to Maine to lecture and proposes going with him, leaving in early October. He tells May he "will go in any direction you wish .. [and] should prefer to go alone," as he is "not now afraid to face an audience & I never have time enough to talk as much as I should wish upon so vast a subject." In the postscript, he mentions that he received a letter George Thompson.
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