Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, Peekskill (N.Y.), to Charlotte Phelps, March 23. 1835

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Title:
Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, Peekskill (N.Y.), to Charlotte Phelps, March 23. 1835
Description:
In a letter written to his wife, Charlotte, from Peekskill on March 23, Amos A. Phelps says he read “John Newton’s life, letters,” and expresses his distaste for the religious sentiments with which the slave trader engaged in his “hellish” business. In the part written in Poughkeepsie on March 28, he discusses their domestic arrangements (made for their stay in Farmington for the summer), and his plans to go to Albany, Boston, and then, Wrentham to pack. He then talks about ministers at Poughkeepsie (“I know I should love to drive the devil out of such a village and make conquest of it for God”).
Author:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Addressee:
Phelps, Charlotte
Date:
March 23, 1835
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Places:
New York > Dutchess (county) > Poughkeepsie
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 x 42 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900ph497
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Place of origin:
Peekskill (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Mrs. Charlotte Phelps, Wrentham, Mass." It was postmarked, "POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., MAR 28."
Identifier:
4664320
Call #:
MS A.21.5 (25)
Barcode:
39999063804080