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Letters from Ms. Wilson in Syracuse to her friend Caroline Stewart. The first letter mentions having heard a sermon from Rev. Samuel J. May.

Papers of the New York State lawyer, U.S. Congressman (1859-1863), abolitionist, born near Pompey, N.Y. Correspondence (1847-1891); genealogical material; legal and financial records (1814-1879); writings (1837-1884), including essays, speeches, and published letters; and memorabilia. Largely family correspondence with additional letters of Louis Agassiz, Samuel Bowles, Salmon P. Chase, F.J. Child, James Freeman Clarke, Roscoe Conkling, George W. Curtis, John A. Dahlgren, Richard H. Dana, H.L. Dawes, Daniel S. Dickinson, J.T. Fields, John M. Forbes, John C. Frémont, William Lloyd Garrison, George W. Geddes, George F. Hoar, John Jay, Thomas Starr King, Samuel J. May, Robert B. Minturn, Levi P. Morton, Charles Eliot Norton, Elizabeth P. Peabody, Wendell Phillips, William H. Seward, Gerrit Smith, Israel Washburn, R.S. Watson, Andrew D. White, and others.

12 letters to Ebenezer Meriam, pamphleteer and philanthropist, concerning his support for the schools for Oneida and Onondaga Nation children in Central New York

Two letters from Lucretia Mott, American feminist and anti-slavery activist, to Samuel J. May, also a proponent of abolition and of women's rights.

Records of May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society in Syracuse, NY. Collection includes letters, photographs, newsletters, printed matter, audiotapes, brochures, Order of Worship handouts, etc.

19th century Unitarian minister, social and educational reformer.