Letter from George William Perkins, Meriden, to Amos Augustus Phelps, May 7th 1846

Item Information

Title:
Letter from George William Perkins, Meriden, to Amos Augustus Phelps, May 7th 1846
Description:
In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, George William Perkins requests more information regarding “home missionary” operations by the Union Missionary Society. He also expresses his approval of Phelps’s reply to Bacon [on the subject of the sinfulness of the relationship between a slave and a slave holder].
Author:
Perkins, G. W. (George William), 1804-1856
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
May 7, 1846
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
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Perkins, G. W. (George William), 1804-1856
Union Missionary Society (U.S.)
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6w926b191
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Meriden
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4747858
Call #:
MS A.21.16 (48)
Barcode:
39999032921064