Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, to Amos Augustus Phelps, December 28 1838

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Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, to Amos Augustus Phelps, December 28 1838
Description:
In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Gerrit Smith explains that what he meant by a “new organization” was an abolitionist society with “a constitution of the usual form, with the simple addition of a provision, that the members shall not vote for pro-slavery candidates.” He says that such a new organization would not be needed where the members of a local society are all in favor of inserting such a provision in the constitution. He says he is not in favor of Phelps’s suggestion of a new organization, and is against the idea of a new weekly antislavery paper as such a paper will only compete with the Liberator.
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
December 28, 1838
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
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Massachusetts abolitionist
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 31 x 40 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Peterboro
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Boston, Massachusetts." It was postmarked on Dec. 31 in Peterboro, N.Y.
It is stamped, "PHELPS MSS."
Identifier:
4750997
Call #:
MS A.21.8.96
Barcode:
39999032922773