Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1843 Jan[uar]y 30th

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Title:
Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1843 Jan[uar]y 30th
Description:
George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps to express his sympathy over the death of Phelp's wife. He then moves on to discuss the sickness moving through Brooklyn, Connecticut, that has killed members of his church. Tillotson also discusses some of the revivals taking place in Connecticut and mentions he is thinking "of going on, by request, to spend t[he] next week in old Windsor, aiding in a revivial." He then gives Phelps some more instructions about purchasing stocks in Boston.
Author:
Tillotson, George Jeffrey, 1805-1888
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
January 30, 1843
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Revivals--United States--History--19th century
Stock exchanges--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Revivals--History
Stock exchanges--United States
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Tillotson, George Jeffrey, 1805-1888
Places:
Connecticut > Windham (county) > Brooklyn
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 26 x 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740r64k
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Brooklyn, [Conn.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. In the head- spine corner there is a faded, embossed circular logo with three feathers rising out of the top of the circle. The inside of the embossed circle is indistinguishable, but the number "8" has been written in pencil directly on top of the logo.
Cataloged sgellerman
Identifier:
5047960
Call #:
MS A.21 v.13, p.8
Barcode:
39999085503959