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Title: John Eliot preaching to the Indians.
Date Created: n.d.
Name Subject(s): Eliot, John, 1604-1690.
Topical Subject(s): Indians of North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775., Indians of North America--Missions.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 414, Series 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: John Eliot (1604-1690), Biographical Vertical File.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83724
Identifier (local): ds5950
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:108999

Title: Henry Harmon Spalding and Eliza Hart Spalding Papers
Description: In 1836, Henry Harmon and Eliza Hart Spalding, under appointment by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) to the Osage Indians, met Marcus Whitman and were persuaded to go to the Northwest as Presbyterian missionaries. The Spaldings and Whitmans made a hazardous six months journey, the wives being the first white women to cross the Rocky Mountains. The Spaldings established a mission among the Nez Percé in the Lapwai Valley (present Idaho). They opened a school, set up the first printing press in the Northwest, and trained the Indians in farming. In 1847, they escaped the massacre which claimed the lives of the Whitmans. The collection consists of eight original letters by Henry and Eliza Spalding to family members. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Portrait of Henry Harmon Spalding by Matthew Brady, 1871.
Creator Name(s): Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874. (creator), Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851. (creator)
Date Created: 1833, 1833-1850
Name Subject(s): Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Indians of North America--Missions.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 283; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Henry Harmon Spalding and Eliza Hart Spalding Papers, 1833-ca. 1908.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-283
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:spalding

Title: Letter from David Brainerd to Joseph Bellamy.
Description: Letter to the Reverend Joseph Bellamy, February 4, 1742/3, from David Brainerd.
Creator Name(s): Brainerd, David, 1718-1747. (Author)
Date Created: 1742
Name Subject(s): Brainerd, David, 1718-1747.
Topical Subject(s): Indians of North America--Missions.
Physical Location: RG 350, Box 1, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: David Brainerd Papers, 1742-1743--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-350
Identifier (local): ds4767
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1542

Title: Letter from Henry H. Spalding to his family, May 1, 1837.
Description: Letter from Mr. Spalding, May 1, 1837 to "Dear parents, brothers and sisters. [sic] He tells of Mr. Gray's going east; of his visit to Colvile, progress of mission work, etc. Seemingly a second letter to her [sic] home. [Caption transcribed from Clifford M. Drury's notes.]
Creator Name(s): Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874. (author)
Date Created: May 1, 1837, 1837
Name Subject(s): Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851.
Topical Subject(s): Indians of North America--Missions.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 283, Box 1, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Letter from Eliza Spalding to her father, Levi Hart, February 16, 1837., Letter from Eliza H. Spalding to Mrs. Griffin, April 10, 1840., Henry Harmon Spalding and Eliza Hart Spalding Papers, 1833-ca. 1908.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-283
Identifier (local): ds4510
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:2112

Title: Letter from Henry H. Spalding to Levi Hart, April 22, 1840.
Description: Letter dated April 22, 1840 from Clearwater to Mr. Levi Hart from Mr. H.H. Spalding with a note added by Mrs. Spalding. Opening line: "More than two years have rolled away since the date of your last letters to us which came by Mr. Gray. I believe we have not failed to write to you a year since we have been in this country." Mr. Spalding writes of building of saw mill, flour mill, etc. [Caption transcribed from Clifford M. Drury's notes.]
Creator Name(s): Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874. (author), Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851. (author)
Date Created: April 22, 1840, 1840
Name Subject(s): Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851., Hart, Levi., Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-1984.
Topical Subject(s): Indians of North America--Missions.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 283, Box 1, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Letter from Eliza H. Spalding to Mrs. Griffin, April 10, 1840., Letter from Eliza H. Spalding to her family, April 28, 1843., Henry Harmon Spalding and Eliza Hart Spalding Papers, 1833-ca. 1908.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-283
Identifier (local): ds4512
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:2132

Title: Letter from David Brainerd to Joseph Bellamy.
Description: Letter to the Reverend Joseph Bellamy, February 4, 1742/3, from David Brainerd [p. 1].
Creator Name(s): Brainerd, David, 1718-1747. (author)
Date Created: 1742
Name Subject(s): Bellamy, Joseph, 1719-1790.
Topical Subject(s): Indians of North America--Missions., Indians of North America--Missions.
Geographic subjects: Europe--United States
Physical Location: RG 350, Box 1, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: David Brainerd Papers, 1742-1743, David Brainerd Papers, 1742-1743.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-350
Identifier (local): ds4767-01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1543

Title: Reverend Charles Beatty and Reverend George Duffield preaching to the Indians on the banks of the Muskingum River.
Creator Name(s): Bonsall, Mary W., 1868-1959. (artist)
Date Created: ca. 1888-1959, 1888
Name Subject(s): Duffield, George, 1732-1790., Beatty, Charles, 1715?-1772.
Topical Subject(s): Indians of North America--Missions.
Geographic subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Washington
Physical Location: MUSEUM 1746; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Rev. Charles Beatty and Rev. George Duffield preaching to the Indians on the banks of the Muskingum River.
Identifier (local): ds5507
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:82968

Title: Letter from Eliza H. Spalding to her family, April 28, 1843.
Description: From Clearwater, April 28, 1843 - Mrs. Spalding to her family. Speaks of Dr. White's visit and especially of Dr. Whitman's leaving for the states. She writes: "Dr. W's object is to either get the mission reinforced or to obtain settlers to come and establish a colony." [Caption transcribed from Clifford M. Drury's notes.]
Creator Name(s): Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851. (author)
Date Created: April 28, 1843, 1843
Name Subject(s): Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-1984.
Topical Subject(s): Indians of North America--Missions.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 283, Box 1, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Letter from Henry H. Spalding to Levi Hart, April 22, 1840., Letter from Eliza H. Spalding to Lorene Hart, August 5, 1850., Henry Harmon Spalding and Eliza Hart Spalding Papers, 1833-ca. 1908.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-283
Identifier (local): ds4513
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:2149

Title: Letter from David Brainerd to Joseph Bellamy.
Description: Letter to the Reverend Joseph Bellamy, February 4, 1742/3, from David Brainerd [p. 4].
Creator Name(s): Brainerd, David, 1718-1747. (author)
Date Created: 1742
Name Subject(s): Bellamy, Joseph, 1719-1790.
Topical Subject(s): Indians of North America--Missions., Indians of North America--Missions.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 350, Box 1, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: David Brainerd Papers, 1742-1743, David Brainerd Papers, 1742-1743.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-350
Identifier (local): ds4767-03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1545

Title: Letter from Eliza Spalding to her father, Levi Hart, February 16, 1837.
Description: Letter from Eliza Spalding, February 16, 1837, to her father, Levi Hart. This appears to be her first letter home from the Lapwai station. She describes her new home--the buffalo tent in which they lived for a time and how their log cabin was built; their school; and is enthusiastic over the prospects of the work. [Caption transcribed from Clifford M. Drury's notes.]
Creator Name(s): Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851. (author)
Date Created: February 16, 1837, 1837
Name Subject(s): Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Hart, Levi., Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-1984.
Topical Subject(s): Indians of North America--Missions.
Geographic subjects: Fort Lapwai (Idaho), North and Central America--United States--Idaho--Nez Perce--Lapwai
Physical Location: RG 283, Box 1, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Letter from Eliza H. Spalding to Lorena Hart, April 4, 1834., Letter from Henry H. Spalding to his family, May 1, 1837., Henry Harmon Spalding and Eliza Hart Spalding Papers, 1833-ca. 1908.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-283
Identifier (local): ds4509
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:2103

Title: Letter from Eliza H. Spalding to Lorene Hart, August 5, 1850.
Description: Letter from Mrs. Spalding, dated August 5, 1850 to her sister, Miss Lorene Hart at Holland Patent. Written from Calapooya, Oregon. Mrs. Spalding makes mention of the massacre; how they got out; the "guilty biogoted Catholic"; cost of living in Oregon; her own poor health, etc. [Caption from Clifford M. Drury's notes.]
Creator Name(s): Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851. (author)
Date Created: August 5, 1850, August 5, 1850, 1850
Name Subject(s): Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., Hart, Lorene., Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-1984.
Topical Subject(s): Indians of North America--Missions., Whitman Massacre, 1847.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--New York--Oneida--Holland Patent, Holland Patent (N.Y.), Calapooya Mountains (Or.), North and Central America--United States--Oregon--Linn--Calapooia
Physical Location: RG 283, Box 1, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Letter from Eliza H. Spalding to her family, April 28, 1843., Henry Harmon Spalding and Eliza Hart Spalding Papers, 1833-ca. 1908.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-283
Identifier (local): ds4514
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:2161

Title: Letter from Eliza H. Spalding to Mrs. Griffin, April 10, 1840.
Description: Letter dated April 10, 1840, Clearwater, from Mrs. Spalding to Mrs. Griffin in Oregon which contains several references, evidently to Mr. Gray who had been causing trouble in the mission. The letter was sent to the Griffings [sic] to Fort Boise--latter [sic] Mrs. Griffin added a note to Mrs. Brown (youngest daughter of the Spaldings) explaining how it happened to be written and the history of the letter. [Caption transcribed from Clifford M. Drury's notes.]
Creator Name(s): Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851. (author)
Date Created: April 10, 1840, 1840
Name Subject(s): Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-1984.
Topical Subject(s): Indians of North America--Missions.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 283, Box 1, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Letter from Henry H. Spalding to his family, May 1, 1837., Letter from Henry H. Spalding to Levi Hart, April 22, 1840., Henry Harmon Spalding and Eliza Hart Spalding Papers, 1833-ca. 1908.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-283
Identifier (local): ds4511
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:2121

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