Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, Boston, to James Gillespie Birney, Nov. 13. 1839

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, Boston, to James Gillespie Birney, Nov. 13. 1839
Description:
After criticizing [the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] for waging a war against [the Massachusetts Abolition Society] and not cooperating with [the American Anti-Slavery Society], Amos A. Phelps tells James Gillespie Birney that Birney “must not fail” to visit Massachusetts in December to attend the large meeting the [Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society] is organizing for Birney and to use that opportunity to advertise their fair to the public. Phelps says it is important that the fair goes off well.
Author:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Addressee:
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
Date:
November 13, 1839
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
American Anti-Slavery Society
Massachusetts Abolition Society
Boston Female Anti-slavery Society
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 x 40 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900pt204
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "James G. Birney, Anti-Slavery Office, New York." It was postmarked in Boston on Nov. 15.
Identifier:
4664706
Call #:
MS A.9.2.12.87
Barcode:
39999063806366