[Letter to] Rev A. A. Phelps, Dear Brother
Contributors: Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847, recipient
Published: 1842
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; General Association of Western Reserve; American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; History
Other titles: Amos A. Phelps Correspondence (1827-1847) (Boston Public Library)
Description: Henry Cowles writes to Amos A. Phelps that he is enclosing ́Memorial of The General Association of Western Reserve to the A. B. C. F. M." because Phelps may want to launch a similar efforts in Massachusetts. The memorial concerns the fact that the A. B. C. F. M. (American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions) employs Rev. J. L. Wilson, a known slave holder, and thereby sanctions slavery.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Title devised by cataloger.

On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Boston, Ms."

Cowles's letter is written on a blank page of a printed copy of ́Memorial of The General Association of Western Reserve to the A. B. C. F. M."