Anson Greene Phelps - Philanthropic Interests

Philanthropic Interests

Phelps continued to be an active member of the Congregational Church, and he took an interest in a number of philanthropic causes. He contributed heavily to the American Bible Society, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the American Home Missionary Society, the Colonization Society, the Blind Asylum of New York City, and served as the president of each at some point during his life. He also contributed to many other societies and charitable institutions both while he lived and in his estate. He gave his native town of Simsbury, Connecticut US$1000 to aid the poor. Among his other philanthropic activities was the creation of the Anson G. Phelps lecture series on early American history at New York University.