Letter from J. M. Blakesley, Spencertown, Columbia, N. Y., to Amos Augustus Phelps, Apr 11th 1838

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Title:
Letter from J. M. Blakesley, Spencertown, Columbia, N. Y., to Amos Augustus Phelps, Apr 11th 1838
Description:
J. M. Blakesley writes to Amos A. Phelps about his efforts to form a county antislavery society. He talks about a recent mob activity in Chatam, N. Y. and says a more formidable one is expected to come. Answering Phelps’s inquiry about Dr. Wayland and the efforts to suppress abolition in Brown University, Blakesley reports a few facts.
Author:
Blakesley, J. M.
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
April 11, 1838
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
Brown University
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 x 39 cm.
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Place of origin:
Spencertown, Columbia, N. Y.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev Amos A. Phelps, Boston, Ms." It is postmarked in Spencertown, N. Y., on April 12.
The manuscript is stamped, "PHELPS, MSS."
Identifier:
4714069
Call #:
MS A.21.8 p.40
Barcode:
39999066763051