Letter from John Phelps Cowles, Oberlin, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Dec. 5, 1839

Item Information

Title:
Letter from John Phelps Cowles, Oberlin, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Dec. 5, 1839
Description:
John P. Cowles writes to Amos A. Phelps that he did not demand a trial of the trustees at Oberlin College because he submitted his resignation before reading the problematic reason he was given for being asked to resign. Cowles then discusses Asa Mahan's arrangement in Boston, and asks Phelps to let him know what Mahan says about his (Cowles's) character. He then criticizes Keep and Dawes's efforts to raise funds for Oberlin College in England.
Author:
Cowles, John P. (John Phelps), 1805-1890
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
December 5, 1839
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
Cowles, John P. (John Phelps), 1805-1890
Mahan, Asa, 1799-1889
Oberlin College
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25x 40 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900r0974
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Oberlin
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Boston, Ms." It was postmarked on Dec. 7 in Oberlin, Ohio.
Identifier:
5071979
Call #:
MS A.21.10 (101)
Barcode:
39999066760016