Letter from Horace Moulton, Marlborough, to Amos Augustus Phelps, May 8th 1839

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Horace Moulton, Marlborough, to Amos Augustus Phelps, May 8th 1839
Description:
In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Horace Moulton says he won't be able to attend the meetings at Gorton and New York due to personal engagements. He expresses his disapproval of Garrison’s abolitionism. He approves neither allowing female delegates to antislavery meetings nor the “No Government” theory.
Author:
Moulton, Horace, 1799-1873
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
May 8, 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
Moulton, Horace, 1799-1873
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 30 x 39 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6w926923d
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Marlborough
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Boston, Mass."
Identifier:
4745536
Call #:
MS A.21.9.84
Barcode:
39999032920785