Letter from Parentha Bodwell, Simsbury, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Jan. 1st 1829

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Parentha Bodwell, Simsbury, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Jan. 1st 1829
Description:
Amos A. Phelps’s cousin, Parentha Bodwell, writes to Phelps about Phelps’s mother’s wish to hear about the situation of Ennis’s property because she is concerned that she may lose what Ennis owes her. After this letter, Bodwell copies the letter of Clarissa Tryon, Phelps’s mother, to Phelps, which discusses the delay in the payment she has been expecting to receive, an action she needs to take, and what she needs Phelps to do for this. The letter continues on discussing financial matters.
Author:
Bodwell, Parentha
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Contributor:
Tryon, Clarissa
Date:
January 1, 1829
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:
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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, Amdover, Mass."
Identifier:
4714000
Call #:
MS A.21.1 (77)
Barcode:
39999066763226