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[Letter to] Dear Brother Phelps [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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[Letter to] Dear Brother Phelps [manuscript]
Description
Holograph, signed
Title devised by cataloger
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps, Taunton, Mass." It was postmarked with a circular stamp that reads "Brooklyn Conn. June 16."
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Above the salutation, the number "13" is written in pencil. On the third page, towards the fore edge there is a red seal that is partly covered with some paper. On the last page, towards the spine edge there is small circular hole about .5 cm in diameter
George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps about the uncomfortable weather in Brooklyn, claiming "the heat is particularly oppressive." He then asks Phelps "How do you succeed in t[he] city of renown" and if "t[he] city folks recieve cordially & immediately your full blooded Taylorism?" Tillotson describes Brooklyn as "flourishing" and tells Phelps more news about their college friends. He also discusses his vows of celibacy with Phelps
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Subjects: Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847; Tillotson, George Jeffrey, 1805-1888; Abolitionists
Language English
Publication date 1832
publication_date QS:P577,+1832-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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IA Collections: bplscas; bostonpubliclibrary; americana
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lettertodearbrot00till_0
Authority file  OCLC: 1048314285
Source
Internet Archive identifier: lettertodearbrot00till_0
https://archive.org/download/lettertodearbrot00till_0/39999085503835.pdf

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