Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, Boston, to James Gillespie Birney, Nov. 13. 1839
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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.On verso, the delivery address is "James G. Birney, Anti-Slavery Office, New York." It was postmarked in Boston on Nov. 15.After criticizing [the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] for waging a war against [the Massachusetts Abolition Society] and not cooperating with [the American Anti-Slavery Society], Amos A. Phelps tells James Gillespie Birney that Birney “must not fail” to visit Massachusetts in December to attend the large meeting the [Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society] is organizing for Birney and to use that opportunity to advertise their fair to the public. Phelps says it is important that the fair goes off well.
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- Abolitionists
- American Anti Slavery Society
- Antislavery Movements
- Birney, James Gillespie 1792 1857
- Boston Female Anti Slavery Society
- Correspondence
- History
- Massachusetts Abolition Society
- Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society
- Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) 1805 1847
- Slaver
- United States