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Letter from Rufus Austin Putnam, [Chichester], to Amos Augustus Phelps and Alanson St. Clair, [Sept 28th 1839]

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St. Clair, Alanson

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Place and date of production from MS A.21.10.94, which is the earlier part of the same letter.Continued from item MS A.21.10.94.On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps, Boston, Mass. (To be Left at No. 32 Washington St.)"Rufus Austin Putman comments on St. Clair’s letter, discussing his own thoughts about circulating the (Massachusetts) Abolitionist and the way agents are employed in the structure of the new organization. He also talks about Parker Pillsbury’s impression that the Andover Theological Seminary “goes against the cause of the slave,” and that Massachusetts ministers are often not fully supportive of antislavery.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. History
  5. Massachusetts Abolition Society
  6. Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) 1805 1847
  7. Pillsbury, Parker 1809 1898
  8. Putnam, Rufus Austin 1791 1873
  9. Slaver
  10. United States

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