Letter from Charles stewart Renshaw, Cleveland, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1841 September 2

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Charles stewart Renshaw, Cleveland, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1841 September 2
Description:
In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Richard Stewart Renshaw talks about his travel to West and how he ended up in Ohio. He discusses plans for the circular on which the letter is written. (The circular asks for support for missionary works in Jamaica where some post-emancipation work is greatly needed.) He also mentions his experience at the Oberlin Commencement.
Author:
Renshaw, Charles Stewart
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
September 2, 1841
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
Missions--Jamaica
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Missionaries
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Oberlin College
Places:
Jamaica
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 x 39 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900qq006
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Cleveland
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Year of production from annotation on paper.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps, Boston, Mass." It was postmarked on Sep. 4 in Cleveland.
Written on the empty pages and margins of a printed letter entitled "To the friends of the colored race."
Identifier:
4750995
Call #:
MS A.21.12 (57)
Barcode:
39999032921718