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Letter from Lewis Tappan, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1840 May 19

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Lewis Tappan acquiesces that Phelps could do more good at home than at the anti-slavery convention in England. He then discusses the candidates for the president of the new society. Torrey, St. Clair, and Leavitt had been considered, but Tappan thinks the Executive Committee will prefer Phelps to any other men.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. American And Foreign Anti Slavery Society
  3. Antislavery Movements
  4. Correspondence
  5. History
  6. Leavitt, Joshua 1794 1873
  7. Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) 1805 1847
  8. Slaver
  9. Tappan, Lewis 1788 1873
  10. Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner) 1813 1846
  11. United States

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