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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman papers, 1825-1847.
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Title:
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman papers, 1825-1847Eleona Underwood Collection of the Oregon pioneer missionaries' papers
Creator/Contributor:
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847Abstract:
Papers of the New York physician Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa (Prentiss) Whitman. Includes: card of admission for
medical lectures, 1825; Marcus Whitman's fragmentary diary notes, May-July, 1835, on journey to Rocky Mountains with Samuel
Parker; letters to his family on journey to Oregon, 1836 and 1843, and from Waiitlapu, 1844; Narcissa Whitman's letters to
members of her own and her husband's family, 1836, and copy of her diary en route to the Columbia River; letter, Oct., 1846
(with addition, May 3, 1847) to Mrs. Gilbert, mother of Newton Gilbert.
Date:
1825 (issued)Subject:
n-us-or -- n-us-waOverland journeys to the Pacific
Missions -- Oregon
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique
Missions
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Washington (State) -- History -- Sources
Washington (État) -- Histoire -- Sources
Oregon
Washington (State)
Whitman, Marcus -- 1802-1847 -- Archives
Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss -- 1808-1847 -- Archives
Parker, Samuel -- 1779-1866
Parker, Samuel -- 1779-1866
Whitman, Marcus -- 1802-1847
Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss -- 1808-1847
Note:
For a complete description, see Dale L. Morgan and George P. Hammond, eds., A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Bancroft
Library, v. 1, p. 44
Physician Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa (Prentiss) Whitman undertook a mission to Oregon for the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions. In 1836 they established a pioneer station at Waiilatpu in present-day Washington state,
and after a journey by the doctor to and from the United States in 1842-1843, were killed by disaffected Cayuse Indians late
in 1847.
In English.
Preferred citation: Marcus and Narcissa Whitman papers, 1825-1847, BANC MSS P-A 341, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Type:
Archives.History.
Sources.
Diaries.
Overland journals-1835.
Physical Description:
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1 box (0.2 linear feet)
Language:
English