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Holograph, signedTitle devised by catalogerOn verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Boston."It is stamped, "PHELPS MSS."In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Lewis Tappan defends the Executive Committee (of the American Anti-Slavery Society) in relation to the role Phelps suspects it played in forming the connection between Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and the Liberator. Tappan makes a few remarks regarding the strong connection that does exists between the Massachusetts Society and the Liberator, his wish that the Grimke sisters would not engage in an advocacy of the government question or the womeńs rights while lecturing for the antislavery cause, and Henry Clarke Wright́s commission being at risk. Tappan expresses his willingness to explore the option of two organizations in Massachusetts. He also expresses his approval of the articles by Phelps and Garrison
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- Abolitionists
- American Anti Slavery Society. Executive Committee
- Antislavery Movements
- Grimke, Angelina Emily, 1805 1879
- Grimke, Sarah Moore, 1792 1873
- Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
- Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society
- Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805 1847
- Slaver
- Tappan, Lewis, 1788 1873
- Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797 1870