Newberry Library - Writings: School Essays, presumably by Josephine Stedman, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous material and writings, ca. 1850

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Open book Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous papers [box 05], 1848-1863

Title Writings: School Essays, presumably by Josephine Stedman, Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous material and writings, ca. 1850

Creator Kendall, Nathan R.

Date ca. 1850

Place United States

Language English

Subjects Chronically ill, Courtship, Washington City and California Mining Association

Description Formerly known as Ayer MS 470a and Ayer MS 3114.

Summary Mainly correspondence, but also diaries, mss. and biographical notes of Nathan Kendall, his wife, Abby J. Reed Kendall, and their immediate families and friends, dating primarily from 1842 to 1911. Included are the couple's numerous courtship letters and correspondence during later separations, and a collection of their small diaries. There is also correspondence with siblings, cousins, friends, former students, and business associates, including Charles Reed's on his California gold rush experiences, 1849-1855, and Agnes Allen's on travel to California via Panama. Among the many subjects covered are the activities of family and friends, frank references to physical love and conception, health, farming chores and problems, and other issues ranging from the minutiae of daily living to major topics of the day. There are also schoolgirl essays of Nathan Kendall's first wife, Josephine Stedman, and biographical notes on family members.

Biographical/Historical Note Members of two Massachusetts families who married in 1857 and raised a family of four sons, first in Indiana and later in Illinois. Born in 1827 of Stephen and Jerusha Moore Reed, Abby J. Reed taught school in New England prior to her 1857 marriage and move to La Porte, Indiana. Her husband, Nathan R. Kendall, born in 1824 to Jane and Paul R. Kendall, served as principal of academies in New England, Kentucky, and Ohio, before becoming a civil engineer in 1853. While residing in La Porte, Indiana, during the 1850's, he superintended the Cincinnati, Peru and Chicago Railway and owned a lumber mill. Kendall also acquired considerable agricultural land, including farms near Kankakee, Illinois, and Goodland, Indiana. Chronically ill with lung disease, Nathan Kendall died at age 47. Abby Kendall lived to be 85.

Extent 4 cubic ft. (7 boxes)

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

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Call Number Midwest MS Kendall-Reed Box 5 Folder 107

BibID 991342528805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 3638px × 4573px 95.23 MB

Filename 991342528805867_mms_kendall_reed_box_05_fl_0107_001_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL1ZH0U

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