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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. On the left hand side of the letter, there is the number "115" written in pencil.Jesse Wheaton writes to Amos A. Phelps declining his offer of being one of the Vice Presidents of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. He writes, "it is not probable I shall be able to attend another anniversary of any Anti Slavery Society, but I highly approve of the steps your Society has taken and the measures you are pursuing, and shall do everything in my power to Serve the cause as a private member, being fully convinced that faithfull attention...is the only sure course Abolitionists can take to affect the emancipation of the oppressed in our land."

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