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Letter from Lewis Tappan, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1844 November 7

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps, Boston." It was postmarked on Nov. 8 in Boston, Mass.In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Lewis Tappan discusses a number of subjects, including some monetary matters between Phelps and himself, the question of abolition in the District of Columbia, Phelps’s plan concerning newspapers, what he (Tappan) wishes he could do for the anti-slavery cause, Elizur Wright Jr. who accepted a job offer that Tappan made, and matters related to the Union Mission Society.
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