Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1835 April 1st

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1835 April 1st
Description:
Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding the desire for more agents "and the best possible agents." He also writes that the mission to England has been given up until next year." He discusses the happenings of other agents, including, Thompson, [Theodore Dwight] Weld, "Stowe & Webb," and [James Gillespie] Birney. Attached to the letter is a circular titled, "To the friends of humanity throughout the United States, who are opposed to the continuance of Slavery in the District of Columbia."
Author:
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
April 1, 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--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 32 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xw195
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New York
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains a circular dated April 1, 1835. Written at the bottom of the first page of the circular, Wright has written, "unit please to order Milliones to Bro place. Ever yours, E. Wright Jr."
Identifier:
5101771
Call #:
MS A.21 v.5, p.27
Barcode:
39999085427431