Choctaw Indians--Claims, Choctaw Indians--Government relations, Indians of North America--Claims, Indians of North America--Government relations, Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc., and Indians of North America--Treaties
Franklin Richards's letter describes his westward journey from St. Louis, the hostility of settlers, the massacre at Haun's Mill, and his stay in the West. He also writes about the Mormon war, relatives in the West, his faith, the fertility of the country, and his return to Illinois Town, where he worked cutting timber.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Richards, Phineas. 1788-1874 and Richards, Wealthy Dewey, 1786-
Bullard, E. L Bullard, John R Murray, A. P Murray, J. S
Published / Created:
1834-1849
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1994 B61
Image Count:
22
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Seven ALS, written by nieces and nephews in Illinois to Blanding and his sister Mrs. Lucy Carpenter. The letters are from Labelle Prairie, Kirkwood, Retreat (on the Fox River), and Mill Brook Farm near Newark. E.L. Bullard writes about prairie fires, farming, attacks of "fever and ague," and acknowledges that she would not have moved to Illinois had she known the hardships she would encounter there. Other letters contain family news and refer to the severe winter of 1848-1849.
Description:
Dr. William Blanding and his wife Rachel lived in Philadelphia, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. His nieces and nephews, originally from New England, were E.L. Bullard, married to John R. Bullard, J.S. Murray, and A.P. Murray. His sister was Mrs. Lucy Carpenter of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
Illinois--Social life and customs, Kirkwood (Ill.), Labelle Prairie (Ill.), Newark (Ill.), and Retreat (Ill.)
Subject (Name):
Blanding, Rachel Lee, Blanding, William, fl. 1834-1849, and Carpenter, Lucy
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture--Illinois and Frontier and pioneer life--Illinois
Mason, Ebenezer Porter, 1819-1840 Tyler Augustus W
Published / Created:
[18--?]-1859
Call Number:
GEN MSS FILE 278
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Fragment of a paper written by Ebenezer Porter Mason, manuscript, pages numbered 9-16, discussing methods of observing nebulae, 1839 Dec 26; ALS from Augustus W. Tyler to "Messrs. Editors," North Madison, 1859 Dec 3, describing his sighting of a meteor on Nov 15; and a brief description, written in manuscript in an unidentified hand, of a sighting of a meteor by Horatio G. Broome in the vicinity of Colchester, Connecticut, [18--?]. Also present is a report on observations of stars made to determine the latitude of the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, written in manuscript in an unidentified hand, [18--?].
Subject (Name):
Broome, Horatio G. and United States Military Academy
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy--Observations, Meteors--Observations, and Nebulae--Observations