Newberry Library - Writings: School Essays, presumably by Josephine Stedman, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous material and writings, ca. 1850

Writings: School Essays, presumably by Josephine Stedman, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous material and writings, ca. 1850

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Open book Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall papers 1842-ca. 1940 [Box 5]

Title Writings: School Essays, presumably by Josephine Stedman, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous material and writings, ca. 1850

Creator Kendall, Nathan R

Date ca. 1850

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.

User-Contributed Transcription meant who said of me "that chair needs praising, its good qualities do not exhibit themselves upon trial and you (addressing the chairman) need to praise it if you wish to sell it." Finally a decrepit old woman who was very partial to easy chairs, after having heard me highly recommended was induced to purchase me. The day I entered her house my troubles began to accumulate. She required me to keep time with the simmering of the tea kettle, the ticks of the clock and the whiffs of her pipe;; This was entirely new business for me, I knew nothing of harmony and could learn nothing from her, though she talked of it continually, for she talked so loud and so strangely. I vainly attempted to please her but the more I tried to obey the more complaints I called forth for being so unmanageable. If her head ached she said that I had caused it, if the dinner was too late, whatever went wrong was caused by me. Oh, what life I have before me! thought I. Thus I lived one month, a long monthMay May

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

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Call Number Midwest MS Kendall-Reed Box 5 Folder 107

BibID 991342528805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 2713px × 3379px 52.49 MB

Filename 991342528805867_mms_kendall_reed_box_05_fl_0107_002_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL1ZH17

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