Box 1
Container
Contains 139 Results:
Letter from Marcus Whitman to David Greene about missionary schooling, agricultural activities and desires at mission, arrival and death of emigrant Joseph S. Finley (transcribed as Findlay), and dispute involving Elijah White, with mentions of Joel Palmer and Hudson's Bay Company, 1846 April 13
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:
1846 April 13
Letter from Marcus Whitman to David Greene, mentioning that Henry H. Spalding and Elkanah Walker will be traveling to the Willamette Valley, requesting that sheep shears and materials to make plows be sent, and listing desired books, 1846 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:
1846 May 15
Letter from Marcus Whitman to David Greene, including: current status of the mission and future plans; Whitman's belief that Catholic influence among Native people has declined; discussion of how border negotiations between Britain and the U.S. would affect missionary properties; note that Methodists will likely relinquish their mission at Waskopum (The Dalles), 1846 September 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:
1846 September 8
Letter from Marcus Whitman to David Greene about new southern emigration route to Oregon, agricultural activities of Native people, plans for a sawmill, Cushing Eells' visit, land disputes between the United States and Britain, and Whitman being too occupied with other matters to engage in religious conversion work, 1846 November 3
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:
1846 November 3
Letter from Marcus Whitman to David Greene about severity of recent winter, Whitman's role in guiding 1843 emigrant party, comparing success of 1843 emigration with emigrations of other years, and noting the operation of a sawmill, 1847 April 1
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:
1847 April 1
Letter from Marcus Whitman to David Greene about need for additional missionaries to counteract Catholic missionary activities, Cushing Eells' health, work of Whitman's nephew Perin B. Whitman to officially qualify as a language interpreter, and possibility of acquiring the Methodist mission at Waskopum (The Dalles), 1847 May 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:
1847 May 19
Letter from Marcus Whitman to David Greene about arrival of supplies, establishment of the Mission Press, and the importance of Waskopum mission at The Dalles, with a note about the religion of Hudson's Bay Company employees, 1847 August 3
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:
1847 August 3
Letter from Marcus Whitman to David Greene about acquisition of Waskopum (spelled as Wascopam) Mission at The Dalles, conflicts between Native people and Euro-American emigrants, work of Whitman's nephew Perin B. Whitman as language interpreter, concerns about the arrival of more Catholic missionaries, mission expenses, and need for additional supplies, 1847 September 13
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:
1847 September 13
Certified copy of January 20, 1836 pass from U.S. Secretary of War Lewis Cass authorizing Marcus Whitman to travel through and live in Native lands (typescript copy), 1838 March 9
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Subseries 2
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:
1838 March 9
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to Stephen Prentiss about difficulties between the Whitmans and an unnamed missionary, most likely Henry H. Spalding, and conflict between missionary Asa Smith and Native people (reproduction from scan of original), 1840 October 10-19
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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:
1840 October 10-19