Description
Holograph.Title devised by cataloger.Legacy card catalog states that this letter was addressed to Amos A. Phelps.This letter by an unnamed person informs the recipeint about “some strange doing of the church in regard to Deacon Hall’s case.” Deacon Hall stated that “the pastor preached contention” and that “his spiritual wants were not met.” The church decided that this explanation was satisfactory by a unanimous vote. The writer deems this “strange.”
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Correspondence Manuscripts
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Digital CommonwealthKeywords
- Abolitionists
- Antislavery Movements
- Correspondence
- History
- Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) 1805 1847
- Slaver
- United States
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