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In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, William Smyth states that he is willing to have his name on the call for the New England Convention. He then expresses his disagreement to Phelps’s article in the Liberator, saying that “[i]t seems then a call to ‘form a society’ is a monstrous wickedness, while a call ‘to organize’ a society is ... proper.” He goes on voicing his opinion on Garrison and the current state of antislavery movements.
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Letter from William Smyth, Brunswick, to Amos Augustus Phelps, March 31st 1838
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title
Letter from William Smyth, Brunswick, to Amos Augustus Phelps, March 31st 1838
description
In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, William Smyth states that he is willing to have his name on the call for the New England Convention. He then expresses his disagreement to Phelps’s article in the Liberator, saying that “[i]t seems then a call to ‘form a society’ is a monstrous wickedness, while a call ‘to organize’ a society is ... proper.” He goes on voicing his opinion on Garrison and the current state of antislavery movements.
date
["March 31, 1838"]
year
1838
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
4750882
creators
Smyth, William, 1797-1868
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
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
Smyth, William, 1797-1868
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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Correspondence
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 x 40 cm.
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Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Boston Mass." It was postmarked on Mar. 31 in Brunswick, Me.
It is stamped, "PHELPS MSS."
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Brunswick
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