[Letter to] Rev. & Dear Sir
Contributors: Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847, recipient
Published: 1836
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; History; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists
Other titles: Amos A. Phelps Correspondence (1827-1847) (Boston Public Library)
Description: Benjamin Bowen writes to Amos A. Phelps that he has been ́led to mistaké the object for the convention in Providence, and that he was unaware that by giving Phelps his name he was ́also declaring [himself] in favor of immediate emancipation.́ He asks Phelps to explain this to the public.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Title devised by cataloger.

On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Providence, R/I." It was postmarked in Bristol, R. I. on Feb. 3.