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Box 1

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Contains 139 Results:

Letter from David Greene to Marcus Whitman, informing Whitman that the Board has appointed Whitman as a physician to accompany Parker's mission, 1835 January 7

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Subseries 1
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: 1835 January 7

Letter from Marcus Whitman to David Greene about Whitman having made arrangements with Samuel Parker, and plans to depart for missionary work on February 16, 1835 February 2

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Subseries 1
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: 1835 February 2

Letter from David Greene to Marcus Whitman about illness and death of B. B. Wisner, and about the objectives of Parker's mission, 1835 February 9

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Subseries 1
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: 1835 February 9

Letter from David Greene to Marcus Whitman, requesting that he and Samuel Parker travel west and report their observations, but not to promise or establish a mission until the Board reviews the report, and recommending that upon his return, Whitman visit missionaries named Dunbar and Allis, 1835 February 18

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Subseries 1
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: 1835 February 18

Letter from Narcissa Prentiss to the secretaries of the Board describing her early life and education and her desire for missionary work, with enclosed recommendations from Samuel W. May, William Bridgman, O.S. Powell, and Ellis May, 1835 February 23

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Subseries 1
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: 1835 February 23

Letter from David Greene to Narcissa Prentiss regarding her desire to become a missionary, 1835 March 19

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Subseries 1
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: 1835 March 19

Letter from Marcus Whitman to David Greene about preparations to depart Liberty, Missouri for missionary work in the Columbia River region, 1835 May 15

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Subseries 1
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: 1835 May 15

Letter from David Greene to Marcus Whitman replying to a November 7, 1835 letter from Whitman, inquiring whether Whitman believes a mission in the Pacific Northwest could accommodate families, and listing potential candidates for a mission there, 1835 December 8

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Subseries 1
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: 1835 December 8

Letter from Marcus Whitman to David Greene, sent from Rushville, New York, about enclosed journal (not included in the collection), plans to head west again the following spring, and plans to take two Native boys who are with him to Ithaca, New York, 1835 December 17

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Subseries 1
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: 1835 December 17

Letter from David Greene to Marcus Whitman about need for the Board to view testimonials for any missionary candidates, and disapproving Whitman having brought Native boys to the east, 1835 December 30

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Subseries 1
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: 1835 December 30