Box 1
Container
Contains 139 Results:
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to Edward Prentiss and Jane Prentiss about her poor health, feelings of loneliness, and mission activities, including caring for Native children (reproduction from scan of original), 1842 March 1-26
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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:
1842 March 1-26
Letter from Marcus Whitman to Commissioner of Indian Affairs T. H. Crawford, asking for indemnities for horses lost during an 1837 confrontation between William H. Gray and Lakota (Sioux) people (typescript copy), 1843 April 8
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:
1843 April 8
Letter from T. H. Crawford to Marcus Whitman, saying that the Office of Indian Affairs will not provide indemnity for lost horses (typescript copy), 1843 August 21
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:
1843 August 21
Letter from Elkanah Walker and Cushing Eells to Marcus Whitman, Henry H. Spalding, and William H. Gray, saying that they do not believe Whitman and Spalding should change missionary stations (typescript copy), 1842 August 10
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:
1842 August 10
Typescript copy of 1843 proposal by Marcus Whitman to the U.S. Secretary of War for establishing posts along westward emigration routes; correspondence between Samuel J. Parker and acting U.S. Secretary of War L. A. Grant about acquiring said typescript, 1891
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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:
1891
Letter from Marcus Whitman to Stephen Prentiss and Clarissa Prentiss about progress of missionary party's journey westward, 1836 June 4
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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:
1836 June 4
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to Clarissa Prentiss describing the Whitmans' journey from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to St. Louis, Missouri aboard steamboat Siam, 1836 March 15-30
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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:
1836 March 15-30
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to Jane Prentiss describing witnessing Catholic Mass in St. Louis, the journey further westward on the steamboat Chariton, and the party's clothing and equipment for the journey (contains anti-Catholic sentiments), 1836 March 31-April 7
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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:
1836 March 31-April 7
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to Harriet Prentiss and Edward Prentiss describing the Whitmans' overland journey, and the Fur Company and adventurers traveling with them, 1836 June 3-6
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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:
1836 June 3-6
Letter from Narcissa Whitman to family describing life and travels since reaching Fort Vancouver, including difficulties of upriver journey to Walla Walla, establishing the mission, birth of Narcissa Whitman's daughter, illness among Native people, and practices of the Cayuse people, 1836 December 5-1837 May 3
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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:
1836 December 5-1837 May 3