Letter from Jonathan Ward, Plymouth, [Mass.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1838 June 22

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Jonathan Ward, Plymouth, [Mass.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1838 June 22
Description:
Jonathan Ward writes to Amos A. Phelps confessing he is "at some loss as to my duty in relation to the abolition enterprise." He then discusses his views about abolition, stating "you know I have always disapproved of the spirit of Garrison & the violence and personalities of his language," believing his style of aggressive rhetoric would not convert people to their cause. He then continues to discuss the relationship between his view of Christian abolitionism and Garrison's approach.
Author:
Ward, Jonathan, 1769-1860
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
June 22, 1838
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Ward, Jonathan, 1769-1860
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Massachusetts > Plymouth (county) > Plymouth
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740s17d
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Place of origin:
Plymouth, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps, Boston, Mass."
It is stamped, "PHELPS MSS." along the head edge of the first page.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Above the salutation, the number "54" is written in pencil. Along the spine edge of the letter, there are four small, evenly-spaced, perforations. On the verso, there are partial remains of a red seal along the spine edge of the page.
Cataloged sgellerman
Identifier:
5048011
Call #:
MS A.21 v.8, p.56
Barcode:
39999085504080