Letter from Martha V. Ball, Andover, [Massachusetts], to Amos Augustus Phelps

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Martha V. Ball, Andover, [Massachusetts], to Amos Augustus Phelps
Description:
Martha V. Ball writes to Amos A. Phelps about notes from meetings of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society from Jan 13, 1836 and April 13, 1836 as well as from January 2, 1840. She references William Lloyd Garrison and states, "Voted that $50 be presented to our esteemed friend W.L. Garrison as a testimony of our regard & as an expressive of our sympathy with him in his disgraceful treatment in the late riot." She also mentions Benjamin Lundy but does not finish her sentence at the end of the letter.
Author:
Ball, Martha V., 1811-1890
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
[ca. 1851–1852]
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
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--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
Meetings
Women abolitionists--United States
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Women--Political activity--United States
Societies
Boston Female Anti-slavery Society
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Ball, Martha V., 1811-1890
Places:
Massachusetts
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xz609
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Andover, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5109589
Call #:
MS A.21 v.11, p.5
Barcode:
39999085427522