Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1833 Dec[ember] 31

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Title:
Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1833 Dec[ember] 31
Description:
Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps in regards to antislavery society matters. He writes of the importance of the antislavery work they are doing and asks, "Should you specify your willingness to engage in an agency, the Com. will transmit to you a commission for three months, institutions & the business will be to course the public minds by addresses & lectures and to enlighten & convert individuals by private interviews--especially to operate on ministers of the Gospel." He writes about "Colonization faith" and further explains news of the society and of its agents.
Author:
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
December 31, 1833
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--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Meetings
Lectures and lecturing
Societies
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xv342
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
New York
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5100225
Call #:
MS A.21 v.3, p.66
Barcode:
39999085427241