Letter from Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, Boston, to Amos Augustus Phelps, May 5. 1835

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, Boston, to Amos Augustus Phelps, May 5. 1835
Description:
On behalf of the New England Anti-Slavery Society, Benjamin C. Bacon writes to Amos A. Phelps that he is enclosing two documents: an account of the “Maryland Scheme” and Phelps’s other account with the Society. He comments on the considerable spending for “Oasis.”
Author:
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Contributor:
Bacon, Benjamin C.
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
May 5, 1835
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
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps, New York."
On verso, scribbled notes in different handwritings from that of the letter say: "Colonization as a missionary Enterprise," and "Not all Colonization papers. E. A. P."
Identifier:
4664438
Call #:
MS A.21.5 (32)
Barcode:
39999063807505