Renshaw, Charles Stewart

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Year of production from annotation on paper.On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Amos A. Phelps, Boston, Mass." It was postmarked on Sep. 4 in Cleveland.Written on the empty pages and margins of a printed letter entitled "To the friends of the colored race."In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Richard Stewart Renshaw talks about his travel to West and how he ended up in Ohio. He discusses plans for the circular on which the letter is written. (The circular asks for support for missionary works in Jamaica where some post-emancipation work is greatly needed.) He also mentions his experience at the Oberlin Commencement.

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