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Miscellanous and unidentified compositions, Everett family writings, ca. 1850s-1870s

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Title Miscellanous and unidentified compositions, Everett family writings, ca. 1850s-1870s

Date ca. 1850s-1870s

Language English, Welsh

Subjects Abolitionists, Brothers and sisters, Congregational churches

Extent 6.9 linear feet (16.5 boxes)

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription were converted partially through his ins..mentality?. "I love young people," said he, "I love children. I would love to preach Christ. I would love to make known his name for the sake of my fellow men; but my Father calls, my Savior calls me me, I must go to meet him in the promised land." I love my Father's church. She has a great many faults, Still I love her. - Zion is lovely on this side, but far more lovely on the other. Men should not condemn Zion.- "Glorious things of thee are spoken Zion, city of our God."- "I am now going to see them I wish I could come back to tell my young friends, I have no fear, no dread of death." - "I have a young sister about 17 years old. She will soon follow me. She cannot see me here but there we shall meet face to face. - It alwas seemed pleasant to me to be remembered. It was my purpose in life, and I hope I have done something that when my friends shall visit my grave a tear of remembrance may fall upon it"! - He expressed a desire to be buried at Cayuga where he had labored, but afterward said "I want to be buried at home, by the side of my uncle (Rev. Thos. D. Roberts) - at home where my mother in the spring, may come and plant a rose or honeysuckle upon my grave? "She will love to visit my last resting place." - The above we feel will be a great consolation to his aged father and mother. -SignedA J. Longcopied by D. S. Johnson.-

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Archival Collection Title Everett family papers

Link to Catalog View finding aid | View record

Call Number Midwest MS Everett Box 17 Folder 599

BibID 998218028805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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File Created 08/12/2016

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Unique Identifier NL1G4HU

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