Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1842 May 24th

Item Information

Title:
Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1842 May 24th
Description:
In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, George Jeffrey Tillotson explains a brief note he had sent earlier and gives Phelps directions about where to invest the money he had sent him. Tillotson also shares some local church news, including the upcoming dedication of a church in Farmington, Connecticut, and tells Phelps he may be in Boston in the middle of June.
Author:
Tillotson, George Jeffrey, 1805-1888
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
May 24, 1842
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Stock exchanges--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Stock exchanges--United States
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Tillotson, George Jeffrey, 1805-1888
Places:
Connecticut > Windham (county) > Brooklyn
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 27 x 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740r49g
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Brooklyn, [Conn.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps. Boston Mass."
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Below the salutation, the number "38" is written in pencil. Along the head edge of the page, a circular red seal is covered with a piece of paper torn from lower down on the page.
Cataloged sgellerman
Identifier:
5047976
Call #:
MS A.21 v.12, p.113
Barcode:
39999085503900