Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Dec. 14 1843

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Dec. 14 1843
Description:
In the margin of a printed circular entitled “Church of Peterboro,” which contains the resolutions and creeds of the Church of Peterboro, Gerrit Smith writes to Amos A. Phelps that he is unable to comply with Phelps’s invitation. In response to Phelps’s previous letter, he comments on the subject of Massachusetts ministers publicly preaching liberty in their pulpits.
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
December 14, 1843
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
Clergy
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Church of Peterboro (Peterboro, N.Y.)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 32 x 41 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900qm181
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Peterboro
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
The letter is written in the margin of a printed circular.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps, Boston, Massachusetts." It was postmarked on Dec. 15 in Peterboro, N.Y.
Identifier:
4750897
Call #:
MS A.21.13 (111b)
Barcode:
39999032923334