Letter from Charles Turner Torrey, Washington, D.C., to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1842 Apr[il] 20

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Title:
Letter from Charles Turner Torrey, Washington, D.C., to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1842 Apr[il] 20
Description:
Charles Turner Torrey writes to Amos A. Phelps requesting "wholesome advice" on his current financial situation. He explains that his prison escape has left him with pecuniary troubles and asks "is there any thing before you within my capabilities of thought and action in which I may engage, between this August?" He also writes about the Congregational Convention and questions the nature of holding such a Convention: "But it will be held and ought to be large & influential. But to what end? To form a Congregational Aid Society?...To talk? Pass resolves?...Is it to form a Congregational Foreign and Domestic MIssionary Society?" He requests Phelps to "drop us a few lines on these topics, and as many more as you can spare for one, who, though so long away, has not forgotten that he used to live in a free community, and supposes he has friends there, still."
Author:
Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1813-1846
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
April 20, 1842
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Political campaigns--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Congresses--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Political campaigns--United States--History
Antislavery movements--United States
Congresses and conventions
Meetings
Christianity
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1813-1846
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Washington, D.C.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Below "Dear Brother" is the number "27" written in pencil. There is an embossed stamp in the top left spine with the words "D&Jam? Springfield."
Identifier:
5063401
Call #:
MS A.21 v.12, p.102
Barcode:
39999085441515