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Elizur Timothy Washburn writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding news of his thanksgiving. He also writes that he hasn't heard news from any of their classmates. He hasn't "done much at Hebrew et, as it has been the beginning of our term, and many things to attend to here have interrupted my studies more thsan they will hereafter. I have just begun the Bible." He speaks of the duties of "every student of Theology..to remember for whom he intends to labour, & in what cause he expects to engage." He also discusses business excitement in the city as well as his news of buying himself a library, stating that he "purchased about a hundred volumes lately."
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2v23xj061
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Letter from Elizur Timothy Washburn, Hartford, Connecticut, to Amos Augustus Phelps, [1827] Nov[ember] 30
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2v23xj061
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title
Letter from Elizur Timothy Washburn, Hartford, Connecticut, to Amos Augustus Phelps, [1827] Nov[ember] 30
description
Elizur Timothy Washburn writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding news of his thanksgiving. He also writes that he hasn't heard news from any of their classmates. He hasn't "done much at Hebrew et, as it has been the beginning of our term, and many things to attend to here have interrupted my studies more thsan they will hereafter. I have just begun the Bible." He speaks of the duties of "every student of Theology..to remember for whom he intends to labour, & in what cause he expects to engage." He also discusses business excitement in the city as well as his news of buying himself a library, stating that he "purchased about a hundred volumes lately."
date
["[November 30, 1827]"]
year
1827
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
5069804
creators
Washburn, Elizur Timothy, 1805-1831
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Washburn, Elizur Timothy, 1805-1831
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Correspondence
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
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Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. The top of the page in the same ink writes "Deaf & Danish Asylum, on Lord's Hill next day after Thanksgiving-i.e. Nov.30 with "1827" written in brackets in pencil.
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Hartford, Connecticut
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2v23xj061
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