Letter from Daniel Hopkins Emerson, Northborough, to Amos Augustus Phelps, February 25, 1839

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Daniel Hopkins Emerson, Northborough, to Amos Augustus Phelps, February 25, 1839
Description:
Daniel Hopkins Emerson writes to Amos A. Phelps that he could not attend his society meeting himself, and that the general attendance was low due to the disappointing lectures from Boston. In regards to the new paper, Emerson says he is in favor of it. He states, however, that he was disappointed in the prospects and the principles of the Massachusetts Abolitionist, which Phelps enclosed, because what was described was not a paper about abolition alone. In particular, he criticizes the paper's attack on colonization, saying that colonization and abolition are separate matters.
Author:
Emerson, Daniel Hopkins
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
February 25, 1839
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Colonization
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 x 41 cm.
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Northborough
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps, Boston, Mass." It was postmarked on Feb. 26 in "Northboro, Mass."
Identifier:
5070906
Call #:
MS A.21.9 (54)
Barcode:
39999066761048