[Letter to] Dear Brother
Contributors: Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847, recipient
Published: 1847
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; History; American Missionary Association; Abolitionists; National era (Washington, D.C.); Law and legislation; Slavery; Antislavery movements
Other titles: Amos A. Phelps Correspondence (1821-1847) (Boston Public Library)
Description: In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Lewis Tappan discusses matters related to the American Missionary Association and the Washington newspaper (the National era). After talking about the death of Phelpśs mother, Tappan discusses the bills relating to slavery that were passed by the legislatures of different states, as well as the Wilmot Proviso passed by the House of Representatives.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Title devised by cataloger.

On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Care Rev. J. O. Beardslee, Mico Institution, Kingston, Jamaica." It was postmarked in Kingston, Jamaica on March 23 1847.