Letter from Charles Turner Torrey, Salem, [Mass.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1838 June 28th

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Charles Turner Torrey, Salem, [Mass.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1838 June 28th
Description:
In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Charles Turner Torrey writes about his committee's plan to send abolitionist speakers to towns in Massachusetts. Torrey then describes the attitudes of "the Liberator men" and asks Phelps to notify him of any changes to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and its officers. In two postscripts, Torrey mentions finding someone to work throughout the year and asks Phelps whether "your Executive Comm. prefer that we should pay."
Author:
Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1813-1846
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
June 28, 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--Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Lectures and lecturing
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1813-1846
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Salem
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740s228
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Salem, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Boston, Mass." It was postmarked with a brown circular stamp that reads "Salem Mas. Jun 29".
It is stamped, "PHELPS MSS." in the head- fore corner of the first page.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper with an embossed rectangle logo in the head- spine corner. Above the salutation, the number "55" 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 two red seals along the spine edge of the page. There is also a hole in the page extending 1.4 cm from the fore edge.
Cataloged sgellerman
Identifier:
5047997
Call #:
MS A.21 v.8, p.57
Barcode:
39999085504098