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<dl><dd>Holograph, signed</dd>
<dd>Title devised by cataloger</dd>
<dd>The legacy card catalog states that this is a copy. Annotation on the manuscript states that this is a first draft of the letter</dd>
<dd>The item was originally divided into two separate folders</dd>
<dd>A.A. Phelps writes to Gerrit Smith to invite him to a convention in Utica, N.Y. for forming the State Anti-Slavery Society. He asks Smith́s aid for the anti-slavery cause, mentioning the current crisis and the opposition it faces, as well as the critical importance of central and western New York and Smith́s political influence</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847; Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874; New York Anti-Slavery Convention; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists</div>
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<dl><dd>Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847</dd>
<dd>Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874, recipient</dd></dl></div>
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