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1832.05.11 - Elizabeth Huntington to Mary Huntington, May 11th, 1832
This letter is from a mother, Elizabeth Whiting Phelps Huntington, to her daughter Mary, who is away, having left home not too long ago. She tells her daughter that the family misses her and thinks of her often, and wishes her well on her journey.…
1832.01.02 - Elizabeth Huntington to John Huntington, Jan. 2nd, 1832
Elizabeth is writing to John Whiting and wishes to buy a copy of Taylor Born’s “Faith of Pity.” She then claims that it is not the duty of the ministers to publicly make intercession for the prayers of the masses. Elizabeth proceeds to provide…
1831.10.03 - Elizabeth Huntington to John Huntington, Oct. 3rd, 1831
In the letter, Elizabeth addresses a letter she had received from her son, John, a few days prior. In that letter, he had discussed his desire to win College honors, but had not received this prize, for which he was greatly disappointed. Elizabeth…
1830.04.25 - Elizabeth Huntington to John Huntington, Apr. 25th, 1830
This letter begins with Elizabeth mentioning Edward’s birthday and discussing how everything in this life, like business and pleasure, is undeserving of genuine concern unless it stems from religion. She then goes on to discuss how she saw Edward on…
1829.11.26 - Elizabeth Huntington to John Huntington, Nov, 26th, 1829
In this letter, Elizabeth talks extensively about how she had expected Elizabeth Fisher and her family to arrive at her home and had taken great pains to prepare for their arrival only to find out when Pa came back from town that she had written that…
1829.04.21 - Elizabeth Huntington to John Huntington, Apr. 21st, 1829
This letter is made up of two parts: one written by John Huntington’s sister Catherine, the other written by his mother Elizabeth. Both parts are general updates about life at home. They write a lot about their family members (like Pa, Theophilus,…
1847.01.14 - Elizabeth Huntington to Frederic Dan Huntington, Jan. 14th, 1847
Elizabeth explains the delay in responding the Fredric’s previous letter due to her illness she has been facing which limits her ability to write. She also advises him on connecting with the mothers in his community through the church so they can…
1846.05.07 - Elizabeth Huntington to Frederic Dan Huntington, May 7th, 1846
Elizabeth is writing to her son for the first time in a while because she has been very sick. She thanks God for her recovery. People are traveling but they are worried about Elizabeth because she has been so sick. She is able to sew during the day…
1846.02.25 - Elizabeth Huntington to Frederic Dan Huntington, Feb. 25th, 1846
This is a letter from Elizabeth Huntington to her son Frederic. In it she details daily life and interpersonal interactions within the community. She brings religion into her writing through textual quotations or just by writing about sermons,…