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

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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, 1843-1849

Creator Kendall, Nathan R

Date 1843-1849

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, Oct. 31, 1846Dear Brother Kendall, You may think me presumptuous to address you by the title of "brother". A brother, in one sense of the word, is a child of the same parents, taken in another sense, it is one closely united, in this sense I call you brother. That this title, even with the last meaning that I have applied to it, -- a title which implies the closest degree of intimacy & friendship should not be assumed on trivial grounds. I am well aware, but I trust that my demeanor has been such that you will admit my claim. During the greater part of two terms, we have associated together as teacher and pupil; this of itself would be sufficient to entitle is to each other's friendship.But it is not this alone that endears you to me. It is your uniform course of kindness to me from our very first acquaintance,--it is that you have ever

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 991342528805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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