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[Letter to] Dear Brother [manuscript]   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Tillotson, George Jeffrey, 1805-1888, author
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847, recipient
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Title
[Letter to] Dear Brother [manuscript]
Description
Holograph, signed
Title devised by cataloger
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps, Hopkinton, Mass." It was postmarked on "Sept[ember] 28."
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Above the salutation, the number "54" is written in pencil. On the third page, a small hole extends from the fore edge of the page for about 1.5 cm. On the last page, an orange seal is covered by a small scrap of paper that was torn off from the opposite end of the page, showing how the letter was sealed
George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps about some of the trouble between the Unitarians and Orthodox in the Athol. He discusses the "enemies of evangelical religion" and the "most illiberal [and] mean measures" they have used at town meetings. Tillotson tells Phelps to "Pray for us. We stand in great need of t[he] silent but effectual influence of God's spirit." Tillotson also mentions an invititation to preach in Berlin, Connecticut, that he was unable to accept
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Subjects: Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847; Tillotson, George Jeffrey, 1805-1888; Abolitionists; Christianity; Unitarianism
Language English
Publication date 1830
publication_date QS:P577,+1830-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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IA Collections: bplscas; bostonpubliclibrary; americana
Accession number
lettertodearbrot00till
Authority file  OCLC: 1048307970
Source
Internet Archive identifier: lettertodearbrot00till
https://archive.org/download/lettertodearbrot00till/39999085503421.pdf

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