Letter from Joseph Warren Cross, Boxboro, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Aug 7th 1837

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Joseph Warren Cross, Boxboro, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Aug 7th 1837
Description:
Joseph Warren Cross writes to Amos A. Phelps to give the names of persons who would be willing to circulate petitions in the towns that Phelps named. Corss says he received a commission as a local agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, which he will accept. He expresses his personal sentiments with regard to antislavery cause.
Author:
Cross, Joseph Warren, 1808-1906
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
August 7, 1837
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
Cross, Joseph Warren, 1808-1906
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 22 x 34 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900r126c
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boxboro
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps, Boston, Mass."
The manuscript is stamped, "PHELPS, MSS."
On verso, a note in pencil, presumably in Phelps's hand, outlines an idea related to antislavery movements.
Identifier:
5071988
Call #:
MS A.21.7 (32)
Barcode:
39999066759265