Letter from Edward Royal Tyler, Middletown, [Connecticut], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1837 Dec[ember] 12

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Title:
Letter from Edward Royal Tyler, Middletown, [Connecticut], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1837 Dec[ember] 12
Description:
Reverend Edward Royall (E.R.) Tyler writes to Amos A. Phelps presenting statistics on the numbers of Baptist abolitionists and opposers in the state of Connecticut. He writes that "the Baptists are much fewer in number in this state than the Congregationalists, they having only about 11 ministers + we about 190" but concludes a list of the Baptists and their respective towns.
Author:
Tyler, E. R. (Edward Royall), 1800-1848
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
December 12, 1837
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Congregationalists--Connecticut--History--19th century
Baptists--Connecticut--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--Connecticut--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Societies
Congregationalists--United States
Baptists--United States--History
Christianity
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Tyler, E. R. (Edward Royall), 1800-1848
Places:
Connecticut
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xd12b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Middletown, [Connecticut]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript is composed in black ink over white paper. Below the second line, there is the number "104" written in pencil. There is also a purple stamp with the words "Phelps MSS."
Identifier:
5060603
Call #:
MS A.21 v.7, p.103
Barcode:
39999085441176