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Personal: to Nathan Kendall from Friends and Students, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous correspondence, 1854

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Open book Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall papers 1842-ca. 1940 [Box 04]

Title Personal: to Nathan Kendall from Friends and Students, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous correspondence, 1854

Creator Kendall, Nathan R

Date 1854

Place California, Lake States, Northeastern States, United States, Indiana--LaPorte, Panama--Isthmus of Panama

Language English

Subjects Washington City and California Mining Association, Chronically ill, Courtship, Domestic relations, Families, Farm life, Gold miners, Husband and wife, Migration, Internal, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Teacher-student relationships

Description Correspondence, writings, documents of Nathan Kendall and wife Abby J. Reed Kendall of Massachusetts, Indiana and Illinois, including many letters to each other before and after marriage in 1857, as well as numerous letters to and from members of their families, friends and former students. Some correspondence and documents concern travel to California begun in 1849.

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User-Contributed Transcription and of pain, that those days, with their pleasing associations can be so soon spoken of as things that were. Yes, that happy band is broken. Once has departed for realms of eternity. Others are scattered here and there engaging in the busy walks of life; while others still, are yet remaining preparing themselves I trust for a career of future usefulness. As it has been quite a long time since you heard directly from me, I will endeavor to give you a short account of what has been my situation since we separated at your mother's in Philipston. A few days from that time I left home for the purpose of attending school at Wesminster. I found the principal J. R. Gant to be a very fine man. He was wholly devoted to his task and I think strove so to conduct his school that it would be of the greatest advantage to all those under his charge. The thought almost startles me, when I recollect, that since then nearly nine months of my time has been spent attending school, and still that there is so much left I had desired to learn ere I left school as a scholar. I have attended to non of the higher branches during this time except Algebra, Geometry, and Latin. In the latter I have just commenced reading Virgil and I think that if the same description of the foun-

Archival Collection Title Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Kendall-Reed Box 4 Folder 97

BibID 991342528805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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