Copy of the reply to the Boston invitation, Gloucester, England?, [April 29, 1847?]

Item Information

Title:
Copy of the reply to the Boston invitation, Gloucester, England?, [April 29, 1847?]
Description:
The copied letter indicates that the Boston invitation to Irish Unitarians was refused on the ground that, "It is reported, Brethren, that among the officers of your body for the present year-among the fifteen Vice-Presidents of the American Unitarian Association-there is, at least, one individual in the unhappy predicament of being a holder of slaves."
Date:
[April 29, 1847?]
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
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Armstrong, George, 1792-1857
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Western Unitarian Christian Union
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 8 x 10 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv1449698
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Gloucester, England?
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
The handwriting appears to be that of Reverend George Armstrong, who marked the letter "private and confidential" and presumably forwarded it to Samuel May, with whom he had been corresponding about the reply to the Boston invitation. Armstrong's writing dates the letter: April 29th, 1847, Gloucester, England.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4532212
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.3, p.25
Barcode:
39999063810442