Letter from A.F. Williams, Farmington, [Connecticut], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1844 Feb[ruary] 17

A.F. Williams writes to Amos A. Phelps inquiring about a new society Phelps' is forming. He writes, "I learned from a mutual friend..that you was taking measures to form a new Mis Society-disconnected with Slavery & that it was done because you had some objections to the Union Miss. Soc[iet]y." He asks Phelps what his reasons are for not supporting the Union Missionary Society.

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