Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1835 Feb[ruary] 9

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Title:
Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1835 Feb[ruary] 9
Description:
Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding his agreement with Phelps on his beliefs of duty in regard to the "Union." He writes that the executive committee has received his letter and advises him "to locate your family with a view to laboring in Connecticut and Rhode Island soon after the Anniversary till those states are thoroughly ploughed. The committee are I think unanimously of the opinion that the course regions that you and Thompson should visit our principal interior towns, in this state, before the Anniversary." He writes of reports from other parts of the country concerning abolitionism.
Author:
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
February 9, 1835
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--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Anniversaries, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Christianity
Societies
American Anti-Slavery Society. Executive Committee
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
New York
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5101764
Call #:
MS A.21 v.5, p.12
Barcode:
39999085427423