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North (Alfred) Correspondence and Other Documents
MSS 0138  
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CORRESPONDENCE

Box 1, Folder 1

Letters from Alfred North 1832-1869

Letters from Alfred North to Theresa O. North: 1832-1836
Letter from Alfred North to Dr. Nathan North: 1844 May 11
Letter from Alfred North to A. P. Marvin: 1856 May 28
Letters from Alfred North to A. P. Marvin: 1857
Letters from Alfred North to A. P. Marvin: 1858
Letters from Alfred North to A. P. Marvin: 1859
Letters from Alfred North to A. P. Marvin: 1860
Letters from Alfred North to A. P. Marvin: 1861
Letters from Alfred North to A. P. Marvin: 1862
Letters from Alfred North to A. P. Marvin: 1863
Letters from Alfred North to A. P. Marvin: 1864
Letters from Alfred North to A. P. Marvin: 1865-1866
Letters from Alfred North to A. P. Marvin on the subject of Protestantism in postwar Missouri: 1867
Letters from Alfred North to his son William North: 1867-1868
Letter from Alfred North to Mr. J. T. Dickinson: 1869 February 25

Box 1, Folder 2

Miscellaneous letters 1843 and 1894

Miscellaneous letters regarding Alfred North: between 1843 and 1894

General

This folder of letters includes a letter from North's bookbinder (20 March 1843); a letter from a student at the Madura mission to North's mother (8 December 1846); a letter from North's sister, Anna, to Mr. Dickinson shortly after Alfred's death (10 April 1869); a letter from A. P. Marvin to Anna (9 April 1869); and three letters from Mary A. Marvin, A. P. Marvin's daughter, to Thomas H. North, Alfred's son, regarding the return of his father's letters.
 

JOURNAL

Box 1, Folder 3

Travel journal of Alfred North 1835-1836

Travel journal of Alfred North: 1835-1836

Restrictions

Original restricted (digital version available).

General

North's travel journal dates from 1835-1836, when he and his wife Minerva made the voyage from Boston to the American Board mission at Singapore. The 171-day voyage took them from the eastern seaboard to Trinidad, down the coast of South America, across the Atlantic to Africa, around the Cape of Good Hope, across the Indian Ocean to Batavia, Java, and finally (on a different ship) onto Singapore. The diary records North's detailed observations of daily life on board the ship and the various ports of call.
 

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

Box 1, Folder 4

Report of examination of the Singapore Institution Schools, held on the 20th December 1842

Report of examination of the Singapore Institution Schools, held on the 20th December 1842: 1842

General

Example of printing by Alfred North.
Box 1, Folder 5

Family research materials collected by Mary Shimkin

Box 1, Folder 6

Mary North Shimkin. Descendants of John North of Farmington, Connecticut 1987

General

Self-published family history.