Letter from Charles Turner Torrey, Pittsfield, [Mass.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1839 Aug[ust] 3d

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Title:
Letter from Charles Turner Torrey, Pittsfield, [Mass.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1839 Aug[ust] 3d
Description:
Charles Turner Torrey writes to Amos A. Phelps describing "a good old fashioned A[nti]. S[lavery]. meeting" held in Pittsfield the day before where he gave a lecture. Torrey also tells Phelps about "some wild youths, a few of them southerners" who made disturbances in the town, including "demolishing in part the steps of the shop of a prominent abolitionist and the steps of the Baptist Church in which the meetings were held." Torrey also says the youths showed "love for the cause of - scoundrelism, in a new form - by throwing cents at me as I stood in the pulpit," to which Torrey "thanked the hopeful youth for the contribution." He adds that he "would willingly be pelted till doomsday by money for the cause of the poor." He closes the letter by telling Phelps his travel plans for the week and in the postscript he discusses the quantities of books he has ordered.
Author:
Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1813-1846
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
August 3, 1839
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--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1813-1846
Places:
Massachusetts > Berkshire (county) > Pittsfield
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 x 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740s72g
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Place of origin:
Pittsfield, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Rec. Sec. of Mass. Abo. Society, Boston, Ms."
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper with an embossed rectangular logo in the head- spine corner. Above the salutation, the number "156" is written in pencil. On the third page, along the spine edge there is a hole measuring 1.8 x .5 cm, while along the fore edge is the remnant of a red seal.
Cataloged sgellerman
Identifier:
5047998
Call #:
MS A.21 v.10, p.65
Barcode:
39999085504197