Letter from Ranson G. Williams, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1838 Jan[uar]y 26

Ranson G. Williams writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding his resignation from the American Anti-Slavery Society and his uncertain future plans. He writes of plans to potentially establish a new paper. He writes, "The World is full of papers..& my experience has taught me that there must necessarily be much loss in such an enterprise, for the first 2 or 3 years, even tho, it be ever so sucessful." He mentions that Brother Gavitt "says N. York is the place to start such a paper rather than Boston, for which he gives very plausible reasons."

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