Letter from James Gillespie Birney, Cinicnnati, to Amos Augustus Phelps and Joshua Leavitt, Ap. 25 /42

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Title:
Letter from James Gillespie Birney, Cinicnnati, to Amos Augustus Phelps and Joshua Leavitt, Ap. 25 /42
Description:
James Gillespie Birney writes to Amos A. Phelps and Joshua Leavitt to introduce Samuel Lewis, the Superintendent of the Common School of Ohio, who plans to visit Boston. A lifetime advocate of general education, Lewis “will contribute much to the interest of the Liberty Party meetings which he may attend.” An additional note, unsigned but suspected to be by Lewis, says that the writer will be at the Marlborough Hotel on Tuesday and would be pleased to see Phelps there if he is in that neighborhood.
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Addressee:
Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873
Contributor:
Lewis, Samuel, 1799-1854
Author:
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
Date:
[April 25, 1842]
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
Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848)
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Lewis, Samuel, 1799-1854
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h73zv124
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Cincinnati
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4714085
Call #:
MS A.21.12 (104)
Barcode:
39999066762327