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Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1833 Dec[ember] 31

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps in regards to antislavery society matters. He writes of the importance of the antislavery work they are doing and asks, "Should you specify your willingness to engage in an agency, the Com. will transmit to you a commission for three months, institutions & the business will be to course the public minds by addresses & lectures and to enlighten & convert individuals by private interviews--especially to operate on ministers of the Gospel." He writes about "Colonization faith" and further explains news of the society and of its agents.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Christianity
  4. Correspondence
  5. History
  6. Lectures And Lecturing
  7. Meetings
  8. Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) 1805 1847
  9. Religious Aspects
  10. Slaver
  11. Societies
  12. Societies, Etc
  13. United States
  14. Wright, Elizur 1804 1885

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