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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 own district. I suppose Nathan you will want to know how your friends are prospering here. Frances and Mary Bonney are at home, but their brothers are away. Martin is in a store at Brattleboro, Orilla Holbrook, is still here keeping house for her father. At the close of the last fall term, Mr. Lyford and Miss Mary Dyer were married in church one Sunday evening. The wedding passed very nice indeed. They spent vacation in Conn.-- They returned at the commencement of the winter term, each following their previous occupations. I think he has nearly forty scholars, and Mary four in music. Deacon Brintnall has built himself a new house opposite the one he has occupied formerly. Norman has been at home all the time since Sarah left for Kentucky in company with Maria Smith. Oscar still remains away with the exception of visiting home occasionally. I was down again last fall and he came home with me instead of going down with me and sending me back alone, as he did the fall preceding ha! ha! you will think that Lucy laughs a little as usual but you know that laughing was quite a treat with me. I would like to have seen yourself and Edwin the Spring you were both here, but--I did not get home from my school until the last of March. Mother was saying you thought perhaps you should return this way but as we have not seen nor heard from you since we concluded that you had forgotten Townshend. Mother's health is quite good, and little sis says she wants to see Nathan and so would we all. Father and Mother wish

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

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Call Number Midwest MS Kendall-Reed Box 4 Folder 89

BibID 991342528805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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