Letter from James Gillespie Birney, Worcester, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Augt. 8--'39

Item Information

Title:
Letter from James Gillespie Birney, Worcester, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Augt. 8--'39
Description:
James Gillespie Birney writes to Amos A. Phelps that Phelps’s letter came to his hand “too late to do anything in relation to your second hint.” He says “all that can properly & honorably be done to counteract the scheme to which you refer ought to be done.” He then discusses the lecturing activities and future plans of John Scoble. Birney also mentions his father’s death and his plan to visit Kentucky.
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Author:
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
Date:
[August 8, 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
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Scoble, John, 1799-1877
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 x 40 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h73zv02w
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Worcester
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps, No. 5 Heyward Place, Boston." It was postmarked in Worcester on Aug. 9.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4713954
Call #:
MS A.21.10 (70)
Barcode:
39999066762301