Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1834 Feb[ruary] 20.

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Title:
Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1834 Feb[ruary] 20.
Description:
Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding Phelps' suggestions for his appointment as agent to the American Anti-Slavery Society. His suggestions include visiting Southern cities as "preparatory" to his work. He writes of the progress of the society and of the letters they have obtained from Southerners, "some breathing...revenge-some justifying Slavery from Scripture & some admitting the truth of all our principles but advocating gradualism as the only practical scheme."
Author:
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
February 20, 1834
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--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Societies
Slavery--Justification
Slavery and the church--United States
American Colonization Society
American Anti-Slavery Society. Executive Committee
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xv45k
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Place of origin:
New York
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains annotation in the margin that says, "The first half contains what was intended for the 'armonial hearings' of the Colonization Society. Perhaps it may answer for its epitaph."
Identifier:
5101134
Call #:
MS A.21 v.4, p.16
Barcode:
39999085427274