Letter from John Scott Porter, Ireland, to James Haughton and Samuel May, [1848]

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Title:
Letter from John Scott Porter, Ireland, to James Haughton and Samuel May, [1848]
Description:
The drafted "Reply to the Friends of Unitarian Christianity in Boston" is accompanied by an explanatory circular letter written by a committee of Unitarian ministers in Belfast. This circular letter, dated March 15, 1848 and signed "J. Scott Porter, Secretary of Committee," requests the support and signatures of Irish Unitarian ministers in refusing the invitation from Boston to attend the anniversary meeting of the American Unitarian Association. The letter, though supportive of American anti-slavery efforts, admonishes American Unitarians for denying "free coloured inhabitants of the United States, the participation of equal Rights and Privileges with their Fellow-citizens, as Members of the Church of Christ." An accompanying letter of transmittal is written by Porter to James Haughton on the top of the first page, in which Porter apologizes for the mildness of the Reply.
Author:
Porter, John Scott, 1801-1880
Addressee:
Haughton, James, 1795-1873
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
[1848]
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
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Haughton, James, 1795-1873
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Porter, John Scott, 1801-1880
American Unitarian Association
Irish Unitarian Christian Society
Extent:
2 leaves (5 p.) ; 8 x 10 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144b864
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Ireland
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed, written on typescript form letter.
Notation in the hand of Samuel May on page two of the form letter reads, "Sent to S.M.Jr by James Haughton - to whom Mr. Porter had sent it."
The signatures of Irish ministers who approved the Reply appear on a separate leaf in the hand of Reverend Porter, dated 4th Ap., 1848.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4533762
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.3, p.47
Barcode:
39999063810244