Resolutions drafted to be offered at New Haven, but not offered in consequence of my not getting there by Amos Augustus Phelps

Item Information

Title:
Resolutions drafted to be offered at New Haven, but not offered in consequence of my not getting there by Amos Augustus Phelps
Description:
This is a draft of a set of resolutions composed by Amos A. Phelps renouncing the position of “the Board” (Presumably the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions), which allows slavery, on the ground that slaveholding is a plain and obvious immorality.
Author:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
[ca. 1832–1867]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Resolutions
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 x 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900qv77n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
[Place of production not identified]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph.
Author name from legacy card catalog and context.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5047946
Call #:
MS B.9.1 (23)
Barcode:
39999032921437