Walker, John

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on blue paper. Below the first line there is the number "12" written in pencil. There is also a purple stamp with the words "Phelps MSS" at the top of the page.John Walker writes to Amos A. Phelps telling him that his father passed away. He gives the names and addresses of people who he's waiting to hear back from on whether they have joined an abolitionist society yet. Walker quotes a reply he did receive by one Reverend: " I rejoice, sir, that the principles of abolition are...advancing in this region as well as in other parts of N.E." He includes the responses of other Reverends in this letter to Phelps and concludes the letter with his own thoughts, stating that "four past years have done nothing for fear that I should do wrong. I have not been pleased with all of the proceedings of A.S. men; but am in principle decidedly an Abolitionist."

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