Partial letter from Amos Farnsworth, [Groton, Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, [1839 June 16?]

Item Information

Title:
Partial letter from Amos Farnsworth, [Groton, Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, [1839 June 16?]
Author:
Farnsworth, Amos, 1788-1861
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
[June 16, 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
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Farnsworth, Amos, 1788-1861
Miller, William, 1782-1849
Phelps, Dudley, 1798-1849
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vm503
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Groton, Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed with initials.
The beginning of this letter is missing.
Amos Farnsworth writes that Liberty Hall is finished, and [William] Miller has delivered a course of lectures in it. Dudley Phelps, "as usual, lectured against him & his doctrines." Farnsworth has heard that Edward Beecher is preaching the same sentiments in Boston to crowded houses. Farnsworth reports that "many here were enraged, & even threatened a mob." William Miller announces that Jesus Christ will appear on earth in the year 1844. Farnsworth tells of preparations for the local 4th of July celebrations. As it is a Democratic affair, Amos Farnsworth can consistently make one of the party. Farnsworth says: "Now had I the gift of tongues, what an admirable chance at the dinner table to give an A.S. [Anti-Slavery] speech." He has asked William Lloyd Garrison to lecture in the evening. He was surprised to see so many new faces at the Middlesex County Anti-Slavery meeting; Farnsworth found the reason for this and heard about a letter by Amos A. Phelps to Dudley Phelps, "calling on him to rally all who were opposed to G[arrison] or the Mass. Society."
There is a narrow strip of paper attached to page one of this manuscript.
Identifier:
3134126
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.11, p.119
Barcode:
39999066745231
mq8509299