Letter from Great Britain Admiralty, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 21 September 1841

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Great Britain Admiralty, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 21 September 1841
Description:
This letter issued by “Admiralty” states that the communication of the Citizens of Boston requesting to stop launching Cunard Streamers on Sundays was laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and that the request was considered and declined. Sturge’s letter written in Birmingham on the same day on the same piece of the paper offers his own comments.
Author:
Great Britain. Admiralty
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Contributor:
Sturge, Joseph, 1793-1859
Date:
September 21, 1841
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
Sunday
Rest--Religious aspects--Christianity
Great Britain. Admiralty
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Sturge, Joseph, 1793-1859
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 32 x 40 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740z432
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
[Place of production not identified]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Amos A. Phelps, Boston, U States." It was postmarked on Oct. 2, 1841 in Birmingham.
Contains two letters, one by “Admiralty,” and the other by Joseph Sturge.
Identifier:
4750971
Call #:
MS A.21.12 p.59
Barcode:
39999085500492