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Collection Reference Number GLC03107.04557
From Archive Folder The Livingston Family Papers [109] 1836-1897 
Title "They won't propose"
Date 11 May 1837
Document Type Miscellany
Content Description Verse poem written in the voice of a single woman exasperated by her many beaux who appear to court her but never propose. The manuscript is addressed to Montgomery Livingston.
Subjects Women's History  Marriage  Poetry  Literature and Language Arts  
People Livingston, Montgomery (1816-1855)  
Theme Women in American History; Arts & Literature
Sub-collection The Livingston Family Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859