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Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps that the committee has voted on Phelps' plan for prosecuting the "enquiry about northern slaveholding" and it was decided that "it is not best to print the schedules of questions. A large issue of them however judiciously distributed would almost to a certainty gain a notoriety which would hinder the purpose of the enquiry." He further asks that if Phelps can "gain by a written correspondence, or otherwise, the facts in relation to a single county of Connecticut, the committee suppose the rest of the state may be judged by that."
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2z10xz333
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Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1836 March 3
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2z10xz333
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title
Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1836 March 3
description
Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps that the committee has voted on Phelps' plan for prosecuting the "enquiry about northern slaveholding" and it was decided that "it is not best to print the schedules of questions. A large issue of them however judiciously distributed would almost to a certainty gain a notoriety which would hinder the purpose of the enquiry." He further asks that if Phelps can "gain by a written correspondence, or otherwise, the facts in relation to a single county of Connecticut, the committee suppose the rest of the state may be judged by that."
date
["March 3, 1836"]
year
1836
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
5110230
creators
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Societies
American Anti-Slavery Society. Executive Committee
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
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Correspondence
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1
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1 leaf (2 p.) ; 26 cm.
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Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
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New York
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2z10xz333
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