Box 1
Container
Contains 139 Results:
Letter from Marcus Whitman and Narcissa Whitman to Stephen Prentiss discussing Narcissa Whitman's health, mission activities, Euro-American emigration to Oregon Territory, and encouraging the Prentiss family to come to Oregon Territory, with mentions of Elijah Heading's murder and of conflict between Marcus Whitman and Native people due to death of two Native people, 1845 April 8
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Subseries 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of this series comprises letters that Narcissa Whitman and Marcus Whitman sent to Narcissa Whitman's family and friends. Recipients include Narcissa Whitman's parents, Stephen Prentiss and Clarissa Prentiss; Narcissa Whitman's siblings and in-laws Clarissa Kinny, Edward Prentiss, Harriet P. Jackson, Jane Prentiss, Jonas Galusha Prentiss, and Lyman Judson; and missionary wives Elvira Perkins and Laura Brewer. These letters describe the overland journey that the Whitmans made in 1836,...
Dates:
1845 April 8
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to Laura Brewer about care, disciplining, and teaching of the Sager children at the mission, and subscription to Mother's Magazine, 1845 August 9
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Subseries 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of this series comprises letters that Narcissa Whitman and Marcus Whitman sent to Narcissa Whitman's family and friends. Recipients include Narcissa Whitman's parents, Stephen Prentiss and Clarissa Prentiss; Narcissa Whitman's siblings and in-laws Clarissa Kinny, Edward Prentiss, Harriet P. Jackson, Jane Prentiss, Jonas Galusha Prentiss, and Lyman Judson; and missionary wives Elvira Perkins and Laura Brewer. These letters describe the overland journey that the Whitmans made in 1836,...
Dates:
1845 August 9
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to Laura Brewer, referencing Jacob Rinearson's work teaching Native people at the mission, discontent among Native people, and possibility that the Whitmans might have to leave the mission the following spring, 1845 November 28
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Subseries 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of this series comprises letters that Narcissa Whitman and Marcus Whitman sent to Narcissa Whitman's family and friends. Recipients include Narcissa Whitman's parents, Stephen Prentiss and Clarissa Prentiss; Narcissa Whitman's siblings and in-laws Clarissa Kinny, Edward Prentiss, Harriet P. Jackson, Jane Prentiss, Jonas Galusha Prentiss, and Lyman Judson; and missionary wives Elvira Perkins and Laura Brewer. These letters describe the overland journey that the Whitmans made in 1836,...
Dates:
1845 November 28
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to Edward Prentiss, encouraging him to emigrate to Oregon Territory and thanking him for a box of supplies including a comb, 1846 April 2
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Subseries 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of this series comprises letters that Narcissa Whitman and Marcus Whitman sent to Narcissa Whitman's family and friends. Recipients include Narcissa Whitman's parents, Stephen Prentiss and Clarissa Prentiss; Narcissa Whitman's siblings and in-laws Clarissa Kinny, Edward Prentiss, Harriet P. Jackson, Jane Prentiss, Jonas Galusha Prentiss, and Lyman Judson; and missionary wives Elvira Perkins and Laura Brewer. These letters describe the overland journey that the Whitmans made in 1836,...
Dates:
1846 April 2
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to Jane Prentiss about Whitman's health, caring for children of Euro-American emigrants at the mission, and death of Joseph S. Finley, with mention of A. Hinman going to teach at the Oregon Institute (later Willamette University), 1846 April 2
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Subseries 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of this series comprises letters that Narcissa Whitman and Marcus Whitman sent to Narcissa Whitman's family and friends. Recipients include Narcissa Whitman's parents, Stephen Prentiss and Clarissa Prentiss; Narcissa Whitman's siblings and in-laws Clarissa Kinny, Edward Prentiss, Harriet P. Jackson, Jane Prentiss, Jonas Galusha Prentiss, and Lyman Judson; and missionary wives Elvira Perkins and Laura Brewer. These letters describe the overland journey that the Whitmans made in 1836,...
Dates:
1846 April 2
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to Clarissa Prentiss about Whitman's desire to see her and Stephen Prentiss again, and death of Joseph S. Finley, 1846 April 9
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Subseries 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of this series comprises letters that Narcissa Whitman and Marcus Whitman sent to Narcissa Whitman's family and friends. Recipients include Narcissa Whitman's parents, Stephen Prentiss and Clarissa Prentiss; Narcissa Whitman's siblings and in-laws Clarissa Kinny, Edward Prentiss, Harriet P. Jackson, Jane Prentiss, Jonas Galusha Prentiss, and Lyman Judson; and missionary wives Elvira Perkins and Laura Brewer. These letters describe the overland journey that the Whitmans made in 1836,...
Dates:
1846 April 9
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to Stephen Prentiss about her caring for children of Euro-American emigrants at the mission, difficulty of balancing "worldly" concerns with missionary work, and encouraging him to come to Oregon Territory, 1846 April 10
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Subseries 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of this series comprises letters that Narcissa Whitman and Marcus Whitman sent to Narcissa Whitman's family and friends. Recipients include Narcissa Whitman's parents, Stephen Prentiss and Clarissa Prentiss; Narcissa Whitman's siblings and in-laws Clarissa Kinny, Edward Prentiss, Harriet P. Jackson, Jane Prentiss, Jonas Galusha Prentiss, and Lyman Judson; and missionary wives Elvira Perkins and Laura Brewer. These letters describe the overland journey that the Whitmans made in 1836,...
Dates:
1846 April 10
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to Harriet P. Jackson about Whitman's care of Henrietta Naomi Sager and the other Sager children, 1846 April 13
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Subseries 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of this series comprises letters that Narcissa Whitman and Marcus Whitman sent to Narcissa Whitman's family and friends. Recipients include Narcissa Whitman's parents, Stephen Prentiss and Clarissa Prentiss; Narcissa Whitman's siblings and in-laws Clarissa Kinny, Edward Prentiss, Harriet P. Jackson, Jane Prentiss, Jonas Galusha Prentiss, and Lyman Judson; and missionary wives Elvira Perkins and Laura Brewer. These letters describe the overland journey that the Whitmans made in 1836,...
Dates:
1846 April 13
Letter from Marcus Whitman to Edward Prentiss and Jane Prentiss, encouraging them to emigrate to Oregon Territory, with postscript by Narcissa Whitman, 1846 May 15
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Subseries 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of this series comprises letters that Narcissa Whitman and Marcus Whitman sent to Narcissa Whitman's family and friends. Recipients include Narcissa Whitman's parents, Stephen Prentiss and Clarissa Prentiss; Narcissa Whitman's siblings and in-laws Clarissa Kinny, Edward Prentiss, Harriet P. Jackson, Jane Prentiss, Jonas Galusha Prentiss, and Lyman Judson; and missionary wives Elvira Perkins and Laura Brewer. These letters describe the overland journey that the Whitmans made in 1836,...
Dates:
1846 May 15
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to Laura Brewer about improved relations with Native people, her own inability to do more work converting Native people due to caring for children of Euro-American emigrants, and missionary work of Perrin Whitman, 1846 July 17
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Subseries 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of this series comprises letters that Narcissa Whitman and Marcus Whitman sent to Narcissa Whitman's family and friends. Recipients include Narcissa Whitman's parents, Stephen Prentiss and Clarissa Prentiss; Narcissa Whitman's siblings and in-laws Clarissa Kinny, Edward Prentiss, Harriet P. Jackson, Jane Prentiss, Jonas Galusha Prentiss, and Lyman Judson; and missionary wives Elvira Perkins and Laura Brewer. These letters describe the overland journey that the Whitmans made in 1836,...
Dates:
1846 July 17