Letter from Jesse Wheaton, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1839 June 17th

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Jesse Wheaton, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1839 June 17th
Description:
Jesse Wheaton writes to Amos A. Phelps declining his offer of being one of the Vice Presidents of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. He writes, "it is not probable I shall be able to attend another anniversary of any Anti Slavery Society, but I highly approve of the steps your Society has taken and the measures you are pursuing, and shall do everything in my power to Serve the cause as a private member, being fully convinced that faithfull attention...is the only sure course Abolitionists can take to affect the emancipation of the oppressed in our land."
Author:
Wheaton, Jesse, 1763?-1847
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
June 17, 1839
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--Anniversaries, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Societies
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Wheaton, Jesse, 1763?-1847
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xn175
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Dedham, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. On the left hand side of the letter, there is the number "115" written in pencil.
Identifier:
5080185
Call #:
MS A.21 v.10, p.24
Barcode:
39999085424149