[Letter to] My dear Cousin A.
Contributors: Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847, recipient
Published: 1829
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; History; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists
Other titles: Amos A. Phelps Correspondence (1827-1847) (Boston Public Library)
Description: Amos A. Phelpśs cousin, Parentha Bodwell, writes to Phelps that she received his letter upon returning home. She says she welcomes Phelpśs chastisement, and says Phelps was right in saying that he ́resorted to a broken cisterń when he asked her for counsel. She then talks about Phelpśs plan to evangelizing in Africa, saying that such opportunities are closed to her. In a segment added later, Bodwell discusses her religious feelings and Marýs recovery from her unfortunate past aided by religion.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Title devised by cataloger.

On verso, the delivery address is "Mr. Amos A. Phelps, Amdover, Mass." It was postmarked in Simsbury, Ct. on March 2nd.