[Letter to] Cousin Amos
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 about her religious feelings. She then asks his advice concerning a proposal of marriage, from ́a good honest farmeŕ with small means. She says she does not feel ready to marry, and is willing to stay single if she can ́in any way be made useful to [her] fellow creatures.́ She closes the letter discussing some domestic affairs of Phelps's family.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Title devised by cataloger.

On verso, the delivery address is "Mr. Amos A. Phelps, New Haven, Conn."