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Miscellaneous letters, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall family correspondence, 1856-1874

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Open book Kendall, Sarah (Mrs. George Weaver, sister), miscellaneous letters, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall family correspondence, 1842-1874

Title Miscellaneous letters, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall family correspondence, 1856-1874

Creator Kendall, Nathan R

Date 1856-1874

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 St Louis June 22d / 56
Dear Brother Nathan, your letter reached me Friday night and we have made arrangements for Myron to start tomorrow. It seems to me if he sets about it in good earnest he can accomplish your wishes and work and I think he will make the effort. I am somewhat anxious about some of the influences to which he will be subjected but still he must be thrown upon his own resources as far as his health will permit or he will never be a man.
If he will only live by his principles and the good instinctions he has constantly received he need not fall but this is hard to do amid temptation. One thing I beg you to watch constantly and this is that he never tastes the social glass under any circumstances. Total abstinence in my mind is the only safety for any one however strong and pure they may feel themselves. If you feel that you need in your state

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

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Call Number Midwest MS Kendall-Reed Box 2 Folder 43

BibID 9.91343E+14

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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