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Nathan Kendall diary, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall diaries, 1857

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Open book Kendall, Myron (brother), miscellaneous letters, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall family correspondence, 1852-1907

Title Nathan Kendall diary, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall diaries, 1857

Creator Kendall, Nathan R

Date 1857

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.

User-Contributed Transcription 2ndBible is the history of the Jewish race. I do not believe in miricles I think that all the so called miricles in the Bible can be accounted for by Geology mesmerism & magnetism. I believe in degrees in heaven & that the heigher one stands interlectually & moraly here the heigher he will stand there. That the sabbath was made for interlectual & moral improvement & the way one can (he thinks) improve himself most in whether it be in walking through the woods reading or attending church that way he should act. I believe in equal wrights between men & women. That physical disobedience to God's laws is as bad as moral & that no repentance under heaven can keep them from getting there just deserts. I believe that it is a sin for diseased persons to have children for it is only bringing beings into the world to suffer for others disobedience. I

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

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Call Number Midwest MS Kendall-Reed Box 2 Folder 35

BibID 9.91343E+14

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 2484px × 3838px 54.59 MB

Filename 991342528805867_mms_kendall_reed_box_02_fl_0035_004_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL1ZBSW

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