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 and the elder sister is left alone; she draws from her bosom a miniature, the miniature of her dead mother, imprints thereon a kiss, then gazes at it long and repeats her vows again and again to watch over and protect those left to her charge, instill into their minds those holy precepts which had been taught her from the bible. She gazes long - in the meantime contemplating the past history of her life and forming conjectures for the future. She is, thus seated in contemplation a fit subject for a painter or poet; none other couple delineate half the beauties of that being, engaged in such a delightful occupation, what serenity in those books! They speak volumes! They tell of the beauty of submission to the Divine will and say that the heart never wearies but still looks forward to a bright and glorious time even though the physical powers are the tasked with more than they can bear, that though storms may gather around, though sorrows and pains may bear upon the mind, yet that the bright rays of hope are still able to shine forth and prevent clouds from gathering on the brow, that sorrow teaches wisdom, renders the soul more pure and tells it to speed on in its endeavors to attain that degree of perfection which shall make it worthy of a position among the brightest and most glorious things of earth.

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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Unique Identifier NL1ZH3P

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