Letter from Lewis Tappan, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1840 May 25

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Lewis Tappan, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1840 May 25
Description:
In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Lewis Tappan accepts the invitation to the anniversary meeting of the Massachusetts Abolition Society, and expresses his personal feelings about the current state of the antislavery movements. He talks about Mr. Burton’s “African slave trade and its remedy,” and the National Anti-Slavery Standard to be published by the American Anti-Slavery Society.
Author:
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
May 25, 1840
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
Massachusetts Abolition Society
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Buxton, Thomas Fowell, Sir, 1786-1845
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 x 41 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740m32g
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Place of origin:
New York
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Boston."
Identifier:
5011384
Call #:
MS A.21.11 (51)
Barcode:
39999085500781