Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, Farmington [Conn.], to Elizur Wright, March 15. 1836

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, Farmington [Conn.], to Elizur Wright, March 15. 1836
Description:
Amos A. Phelps writes to Elizur Wright Jr. about his activities and plans, as well as the need for extra copies of the “Emancipator” to distribute at lectures. He discusses the materials to be included in the extra copies. He then talks about the reward offered for his head. He suspects that people who offered it are the Northerners who mobbed him in Farmington and are now located in the South.
Author:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Addressee:
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Date:
March 15, 1836
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
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 x 40 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900pk227
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Farmington [Conn.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Elizur Wright Jr., Anti-Slavery Office, New York."
Identifier:
4664414
Call #:
MS A.21.6 (29)
Barcode:
39999063804528