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19th cen: Huntington family correspondence
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Original documents and annotated transcriptions primarily of letters between Elizabeth and Dan Huntington and their eleven children.
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Original documents and annotated transcriptions primarily of letters between Elizabeth and Dan Huntington and their eleven children.
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These letters are the property of the University Massachusetts Special Collections and University Archives. This is an ongoing project and additional letters will be added over time.
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A project of the Amherst College American Studies course "Global Valley" in collaboration with the Porter Phelps Huntington Foundation and University of Massachusetts Special Collections and University Archives.
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1839.12.07 - Elizabeth Huntington to Edward Huntington, Dec. 07th, 1839
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Elizabeth Whiting Phelps Huntington
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Porter-Phelps-Huntington Family Papers (Box 12 Folder 4)
Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
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Courtesy of the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation
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Correspondence
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1839-12-07
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Elizabeth Huntington writes a letter to her son, Edward, discussing Thanksgiving celebrations, various news about family members, the state of certain acquaintances who are ill, and expresses sorrow over the recent death of her daughter Mary who she calls “our kind assistant.” The topic of Mary’s death causes Elizabeth to touch on the subject of religion, God and how she believes death should be approached. She includes a poem. Later, she describes the curious recent actions of her son William Huntington, news restricted to the family, but probably referring to the courtship Lucy Edwards, and connects it to the pattern of young male members of the family moving away. She worries that Edward will do the same.
Bethia
Charles
Chesterfield
courtship
death
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Edward
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Fisher
Frederic
gossip
Hadley
illness
Lucy Edwards
Mary
Mr. Barston
Mr. Danforth
Mr. Edwards
poetry
postal delivery
Sarah Phelps
sermon
Thanksgiving
Theodore
Theophilus
travel
William