Letter from Edward Royal Tyler, Middletown, [Connecticut], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1838 March 8
Description:
Edward Royall Tyler writes to Amos A. Phelps about his resignation from the Anti-Slavery Society agency after many years of service and his hopes of "retirement and quiet of a parish." He requests Phelps' assistance in recommending any vacant parishes and confesses that Phelps may be surprised by his request: "the truth is, that some of my former "helps" have failed me, feeling aggrieved by my course on the slavery question, and I apprehend it will be more difficult than formerly, to obtain an introduction into vacat societies."
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. There is a purple stamp with the words "Phelps MSS" in the top right corner of the letter.