[Letter to] Very Dear Sir [manuscript]

by: Kingsbury, Lawson; Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847, recipient

Publication date: 1839

Topics: Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847, Antislavery movements, Abolitionists

Publisher: Framingham

Collection: bplscas; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Associates of the Boston Public Library / The Boston Foundation

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Holograph, signed

Title devised by cataloger

On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Pastor of the Free Chh. Boston."

Lawson Kingsbury starts this letter to Amos A. Phelps by requesting that their correspondence be kept confidential. He then requests for Phelpśs assistance in finding a good lawyer, describing in length the necessary qualification for such a lawyer. Finally, Kingsbury discusses Charles Johnson, who seeks employment in the field of antislavery, presenting his candid opinions of him