Newberry Library - Writings: School Essays, presumably by Josephine Stedman [folder 1 of 2], Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous material and writings, approximately 1850-1852

Writings: School Essays, presumably by Josephine Stedman [folder 1 of 2], Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous material and writings, approximately 1850-1852

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Title Writings: School Essays, presumably by Josephine Stedman [folder 1 of 2], Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous material and writings, approximately 1850-1852

Creator Kendall, Nathan R

Date approximately 1850-1852

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 thing or that method or that idea is new and before unheard or unthought of. Oh his will be a satisfaction never before felt in the breasts of mortals! All things pertaining to this earth are old even fashions are old . It was in ancients times as now the fashion to have schools , societies , meetings and a host of friends . I believe in adopting new fashions throughout . Even this very earth on which we live is old and has been inhabited by various races of men who lived and roamed over its vast domains for ages and at last sank gradually into oblivion long before we had an existence in the annals of history . Then why travel the old beaten track longer I am tired of it and am tempted to fly on eagle's wings to some distant planet and see if there when entirely isolated from this world I cannot enjoy myself among new objects of thought and interest; see if there among its inhabitants I cannot adopt some new fashions, never thought of by the people of this earth if I should go I will send you by telegraph or some similar invention the fashion and customs of the other worlds I think Saturn will be my planet of destination , Oh! yes that is the planet for me! The bright rings with which it is surrounded distingishes it from all the other planets of the solar system . There I cannot fail to be interested for a long time Then it has seven moons very unlike the earth , I think that there I cannot fail to find some new object of thought and interest . Probably there I can find some new subject upon which to write , one that has not been exhausted. P. E. D.We hope our friend , the author of the above will take a parting leave of us before she starts on her trip and will not forget to perform the work which she promises to do for our benefit . Editress

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

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Call Number Midwest MS Kendall-Reed Box 5 Folder 106

BibID 9.91343E+14

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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