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Title Hannah Hayden letters, 1806-1866

Creator Hayden, Hannah, -1823

Date 1806-1866

Summary Mainly letters written by Hannah Hayden from Hartwick and Springfield, Otsego County, New York, to her parents and siblings in Windsor, Connecticut, which discuss the details of everyday life: births, deaths, accidents, sicknesses, meetings, etc. The letters are pasted into a Jackson, Michigan general store receipt book, dated 1845-1847. The correspondence, supplemented by a few other family letters, was compiled by son Henry A. Hayden in 1875.

Biographical/Historical Note Hannah Hayden was born in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1778, and moved with her husband Hezekiah to Hartwick, Otsego County, New York in 1806, and then to Springfield, New York, in 1811. In both towns they ran saw mills.The Haydens had twelve children, several of whom died in infancy. Both Hannah and Hezekiah died in 1823.

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User-Contributed Transcription duty to com and see you but some times I think I never shall & that is a melancholly thought my Parents seem gest as near to me now as ever it seems hard to think I cant come and see them no oftner I wished I could submit to my lot with patience as the old saying is I hope for better times Fanny is verry good to help me she has ben quite unwell all the forepart of the summer but is now a geting much better Hezekiah & Albert are verry good boys they do a great deal of work for them Isaac Levi and Julia goes to a verry good man school Henry plays with little William he is one of the best little babes you ever see Hannah Hayden

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Archival Collection Title Hannah Hayden letters

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Call Number Midwest MS 136

BibID 822984

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL19V79