Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1837 June

Item Information

Title:
Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1837 June
Description:
John Greenleaf Whittier writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding his approval for the project of getting articles on Texas published for a Boston newspaper. He writes, "a series of able articles in the Atlas...would be extremely read & copied, and would reach our political men." He writes that John W. Browne of Lynn could be the man for undertaking the project. Whittier writes that Browne is "young and just commencing in practice as a lawyer and perhaps could need a hefty compensation for his services-If the Mass. Soc. could make an arrangement with him-I pledge my little knowledge of men & things that they would do a great service to the cause of Freedom." He writes of other politics and inquires about petitions that Phelps is circulating.
Author:
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
June 1837
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Petitions
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Societies
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xr645
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
[Place of publication not identified]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Number "11' is written in pencil on left side of front page. Purple postmarked stamp that says "Phelps Mss."
Identifier:
5098420
Call #:
MS A.21 v.7, p.10
Barcode:
39999085426185