Letter from Charlotte Phelps, Boston, to Clarissa Tryon, Feby 25th 1834

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Title:
Letter from Charlotte Phelps, Boston, to Clarissa Tryon, Feby 25th 1834
Description:
In this letter, Amos A. Phelps’s wife, Charlotte, writes to her mother-in-law, Clarissa Tryon, about a variety of subjects, including her husband’s busy schedule, her own illness that prevented her from attending a meeting in Boston, and the visitors she received at her home. She says that "the Anti-slavery society" is anxious to employ her husband as an agent. She also says that, even though his heart is in the abolitionist cause, it is a difficult decision for him to make to leave his society in its current state to join the antislavery society.
Author:
Phelps, Charlotte
Addressee:
Tryon, Clarissa
Date:
February 25, 1834
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
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 x 40 cm.
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Mrs Clarissa Tryon. Farmington. Conn." It was postmarked on Feb. 16 in Boston.
Identifier:
4747765
Call #:
MS A.21.4 (17)
Barcode:
39999032921163