ABSTRACT: Letter regarding life on the American frontier and Christian mission work.
SCOPE: This collection consists of a letter from a woman named Huldah in Lyndeborough to her sister Mrs. Alice Dennis in Jasper, New York. The letter, dated October 1839, discusses several topics, including abolition, women on the frontier, American Indian affairs, and concern about bringing up “political matters'' in the meeting house. Huldah also spends a significant portion of the letter discussing W. T. Boutwell, a Christian missionary, and his wife, who is described as being “educated at Mackinaw."
EXTENT: One folder.
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PREFERRED CITATION: The preferred citation for this collection is “From the Special Collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri – St. Louis."
