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Personal: to Nathan Kendall from Friends and Students, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous correspondence, 1842-1912

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

Open book Personal: to Nathan Kendall from Friends and Students, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous correspondence, 1843-1849

Title Personal: to Nathan Kendall from Friends and Students, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous correspondence, 1842-1912

Creator Kendall, Nathan R

Date 1842-1912

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 Draper Chesterfield, N.H. Jam 29th 1846Mr. Kendall, Sir, Last Sabbath morn, my heart was made glad by the sight of another token of your regard for me. It ever gives me pleasure to hear from friends & acquaintances, especially those who have rendered themselves dear to me by repeated acts of kindness. It is good to have friends, who who, we can in confidence to communicate our joys & our griefs; who will sympathize with us in our sorrows & rejoice with us in our happiness. You mention the death of your brother. May God comfort you in your affliction. It seems hard to part with those we love, yet, thank God I have never been called to part (by death) with any of mine, except my Grandfather, since I was six years of age. You seem to be not at all sparing of compliments but, I am fearful that I am not deserving of so much. With regard to climbing that "hill," I must sat, that my progress --if I make any, --- is very slow. If I look onward, "the top of the hill, & the temple of Truth," appear as far distant as ever; - if I look back, I can see that I have advanced a little. I am determined, however, not to turn aside or go back. As to "Pleasure," in what can it be had, if not in this, if "Virtue accompany is? I may yet get lost, in the mazes of "Ignorance," or bound in her "chains" or I may yet

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

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Call Number Midwest MS Kendall-Reed Box 4 Folder 88

BibID 9.91343E+14

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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