[Letter to] Dear Sir
Contributors: Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847, recipient
Published: 1833
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; History; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists
Other titles: Amos A. Phelps Correspondence (1827-1847) (Boston Public Library)
Description: Charles Fitch writes to Amos A. Phelps that he cannot sign Phelpśs circular with his present views and feelings on the given subject. Phelpśs circular, on the margins of which Fitch writes, declares slaveholding a sin and argues for Immediate Emancipation rather than Gradual Emancipation or Colonization. Fitch agrees slavery is a sin, but supports colonization.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Title devised by cataloger.

Fitch's letter is written on the margins of a printed circular authored by Phelps.

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

The original delivery address for the printed circular is "Revd Mr Fitch, Western, Ms." It was postmarked on Aug 26 in Boston, Mass.