Letter from Nathaniel Southard, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Jan 22. 1839

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Nathaniel Southard, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Jan 22. 1839
Description:
In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Nathaniel Southard discusses what kind of information will be found in the papers on slavery that he is sending to Phelps. He urges Phelps to attend the upcoming convention in New York, and to have Orange Scott and Wendell Phillips attend it as well. He reports on a strong annual meeting held in Broadway Hall in the previous night, as well as a certain force fighting against the Methodists.
Author:
Southard, Nathaniel
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
January 22, 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
Southard, Nathaniel
Scott, Orange, 1800-1847
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 x 40 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900qk478
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Place of origin:
New York
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the original delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps, Boston, Mass." It was postmarked on Jan. 22 in New York.
The original recipient's name has been crossed out. Notes in pencil (presumably in the hand of Phelps) reads, "Rev. O. Scott, & H. B. Stanton - read & return."
Identifier:
4750872
Call #:
MS A.21.9 (23)
Barcode:
39999032923300