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Personal: to Nathan Kendall from Friends and Students, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous correspondence, Aug.-Dec. 1851

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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, Aug.-Dec. 1851

Creator Kendall, Nathan R

Date Aug.-Dec. 1851

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 have nearly finished your school, I presume. Do you intend to teach during the Winter? You wrote that the present would probably be your last term of teaching; but I did not know but you would conclude to teach for the Winter. Again you wrote that you had made up your mind to enter the ministry. Well now have you fairly concluded to--firmly settled down upon the thing? If you have I can heartily say that I am pleased with the choice you have made. If I could only see you I would say much more than I can commit to paper. Why can you not when your school is finished come down and spend a few weeks with us? We should enjoy it So much. I have nothing to do, and we could use up the time with pleasure and profit. When tired with talking we could spend the time in reading for there is a large Library here, which was given to the town by Professor Wayland. It contains nearly two thousand volumes; and is Said by Dr. Wayland to be the best Selected library he ever saw. The Dr. did not select the books, he gave the money. Now we shall depend upon Seeing you at any rate provided you are well and not teaching. I have no news to communicate. The only topics of conversation nowadays are politics and as "dis darkey" cant vote and I don't belong to any party, I hang? my hat for the one

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

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Call Number Midwest MS Kendall-Reed Box 4 Folder 92

BibID 991342528805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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