Letter from Charles Turner Torrey, Salem, [Mass.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1839 April 6th

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Charles Turner Torrey, Salem, [Mass.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1839 April 6th
Description:
Charles Turner Torrey writes to Amos A. Phelps requesting him to "Come to the rescue lest our moral reform women disgrace themselves and their cause irreparably." Torrey explains that there is a conflict within the moral reform women of Salem, between "the Board" and "Mrs. S.B. Ordway." He tells Phelps of his proposed solution and how it was abandoned by the Board.
Author:
Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1813-1846
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
April 6, 1839
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1813-1846
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Salem
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 x 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740s57c
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Salem, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Boston, Mas." It was postmarked with an orange circular stamp that is now illegible.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Above the salutation, the number "72" is written in pencil. On the third page there is a hole about midway down the page, along the fore edge, measuring 1.9 x 1.9 cm. There is also a tear in the page extending out horizontally from this hole, for 17.5 cm. On the fourth page, there is a red seal covered with paper to the spine side of the recipient information.
Cataloged sgellerman
Identifier:
5047944
Call #:
MS A.21 v.9, p.72
Barcode:
39999085504163