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Reuben Whitcomb Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps enclosing $26.50 for the Jamaica Mission and $10 for the Union Missionary Society. He inquires about the numbers of the Reporter and asks if the Union Missionary Society Committee and the Union Missionary Society are "two distinct bodies in their operation, or are united in one, when you write me please if no trouble state how it is."
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2v23xn485
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Letter from Reuben Whitcomb, Jr, Harvard, [Massachusetts], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1842 Nov[ember] 7th
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2v23xn485
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from Reuben Whitcomb, Jr, Harvard, [Massachusetts], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1842 Nov[ember] 7th
description
Reuben Whitcomb Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps enclosing $26.50 for the Jamaica Mission and $10 for the Union Missionary Society. He inquires about the numbers of the Reporter and asks if the Union Missionary Society Committee and the Union Missionary Society are "two distinct bodies in their operation, or are united in one, when you write me please if no trouble state how it is."
date
["November 7, 1842"]
year
1842
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
5090632
creators
Whitcomb, Reuben, Jr.
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
Missions--Jamaica
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Missions
Union Missionary Society (U.S.)
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Whitcomb, Reuben, Jr.
subjectsGeographic
Jamaica
North and Central America
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
typeOfResource
Text
country
Jamaica
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1
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import
extent
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 32 cm.
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yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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18.25
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-77.5
notes
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. In the top left corner of the letter is the number "91" written in pencil.
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Harvard, [Massachusetts]
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2v23xn485
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document
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1
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photo
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