Letter from A.A. Guthrie to Lewis Tappan

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A donation letter from A.A. Guthrie on behalf of various individuals pledging support for the Amistad Captives. Guthrie writes that he is pleased to hear that John Quincy Adams will serve as counsel for the captives. He comments on the Putnam Female Seminary and expresses his hope to see a revival of anti-slaveryism following the recent election even though the attempt in Ohio "to bring Abolitionists out as a 3rd party...was a great failure." Guthrie then requests that a subscription to Youth's Cabinet be provided to Henry Jenkins, "a remarkable colored boy residing here" in Putnam, Ohio.

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Title: Letter from A.A. Guthrie to Lewis Tappan
Author: Guthrie, A. A.
Addressee: Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Date Created: 1840-11-14
Description: A donation letter from A.A. Guthrie on behalf of various individuals pledging support for the Amistad Captives. Guthrie writes that he is pleased to hear that John Quincy Adams will serve as counsel for the captives. He comments on the Putnam Female Seminary and expresses his hope to see a revival of anti-slaveryism following the recent election even though the attempt in Ohio "to bring Abolitionists out as a 3rd party...was a great failure." Guthrie then requests that a subscription to Youth's Cabinet be provided to Henry Jenkins, "a remarkable colored boy residing here" in Putnam, Ohio.
Genre: article
Topical Subject(s): Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--America--History
Correspondence
Name Subject(s): Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Guthrie, A. A.
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Geographical Subject(s): Putnam (Oh.)
New York (N.Y.)
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center
Language: eng
Identifier (local): ama0281
Extent: Letter, 4 p.
Type of Resource: text
Source: Doc. No. F1-4779, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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