[Letter to] Dear Brother Phelps
Contributors: Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847, recipient; Mahan, Asa, 1799-1889
Published: 1839
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; History; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists; Slavery and the church
Other titles: Amos A. Phelps Correspondence (1821-1847) (Boston Public Library)
Description: In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Lewis Tappan explains that he has been suspended from the Communion of his church for insisting to keep a stenographer during his trial. He expresses his gratitude for the information Phelps and Mahan provided about Joel Parker, and asks more information about Parker's anti-slavery sentiments. He suspects that both he and another person in Philadelphia has been suspended from the church Communion for their stance on abolitionism. He also discusses mergers and movements of some anti-abolitionist and antislavery papers.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Title devised by cataloger.

On verso, the original delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Boston." Phelps's name was crossed out, and "Mahan" was added in its place. It was postmarked on Jan. 15 in New York.