Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1835 June 30

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1835 June 30
Description:
Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding the demand for Phelps and [George] Thompson to visit Western New York to lecture. He writes that "in the mean time the brethren in Rochester" have requested the committee to "send you with trumpet tongues." He writes of the necessity to procure more agents and writes, "they will commission as many such as they can find."
Author:
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
June 30, 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--Religious aspects--Christianity--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
Lectures and lecturing
Societies
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xw32q
Terms of Use:
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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 a second letter written in pencil titled "Dear Husband." The author of this letter is difficult to make out. The letter reveals that the wife is very sick with an "attack upon the lungs."
Identifier:
5101835
Call #:
MS A.21 v.5, p.44
Barcode:
39999085427464