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Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1835 Jan[uary] 22

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding the executive committee's decision to have Phelps' close his operations in Massachusetts and make New York his field of labor for the next three months. He writes, "the committee did not fail to perceive the force of your reasons for laboring in Massachusetts, but the consideration which I proceed to state seemed to outweigh their." He writes of their reasons for making this decision, stating that Phelps' "success in New England will tell far less upon our anniversary than if it were in this state. We want you, & Thompson if possible, to wake up all the principal towns north & west."
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. American Anti Slavery Society Executive Committee
  3. Anniversaries, Etc
  4. Antislavery Movements
  5. Christianity
  6. Correspondence
  7. History
  8. Meetings
  9. Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) 1805 1847
  10. Religious Aspects
  11. Slaver
  12. Societies
  13. Societies, Etc
  14. United States
  15. Wright, Elizur 1804 1885

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