Letter from Gilbert H. Durfee, Fall River, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Octr 26th 1838

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Gilbert H. Durfee, Fall River, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Octr 26th 1838
Description:
Gilbert H. Durfee writes to Amos A. Phelps that he cannot leave home until December to engage in the work Phelps proposed. He then expresses his disapproval of Garrison, saying that he (Garrison) manages the Liberator badly and “is doing but little good in the cause of abolition.”
Author:
Durfee, Gilbert H.
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
October 26, 1838
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
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 25 x 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900qx305
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Fall River
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
It is stamped, "PHELPS MSS."
Identifier:
5070990
Call #:
MS A.21.8 (82)
Barcode:
39999066760446