Letter from Parentha Bodwell, Simsbury, to Amos Augustus Phelps, March 4th 1827

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Parentha Bodwell, Simsbury, to Amos Augustus Phelps, March 4th 1827
Description:
Amos A. Phelps’s cousin, Parentha Bodwell, writes to Phelps about their friend, Mary, who is involved with a man named Ennis, whom Bodwell considers to be of dubious character. In a segment added later, Bodwell reports the news that Mary broke up with Ennis. She expresses her pleasure on hearing Phelps’s situation with his education. She then discusses Phelps's romantic interest, as well as her own.
Author:
Bodwell, Parentha
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
March 4, 1827
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 x 40 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h7400153
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Place of origin:
Simsbury
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Mr. Amos A. Phelps, South Berwick, Maine."
Identifier:
4714185
Call #:
MS A.21.1 (24)
Barcode:
39999066763184