Letter from William Smyth, Brunswick, to Amos Augustus Phelps, March 31st 1838

Item Information

Title:
Letter from William Smyth, Brunswick, to Amos Augustus Phelps, March 31st 1838
Description:
In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, William Smyth states that he is willing to have his name on the call for the New England Convention. He then expresses his disagreement to Phelps’s article in the Liberator, saying that “[i]t seems then a call to ‘form a society’ is a monstrous wickedness, while a call ‘to organize’ a society is ... proper.” He goes on voicing his opinion on Garrison and the current state of antislavery movements.
Author:
Smyth, William, 1797-1868
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
March 31, 1838
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Smyth, William, 1797-1868
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 x 40 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Brunswick
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Boston Mass." It was postmarked on Mar. 31 in Brunswick, Me.
It is stamped, "PHELPS MSS."
Identifier:
4750882
Call #:
MS A.21.8 p.31
Barcode:
39999032922864