Temperance and religion
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Christopher Gardner Pearce papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Pearce
Abstract
Correspondence between Christopher Gardner Pearce, who was a Mississippi steamboat captain, and his wife Jane Ann (Sackett), beginning during their courtship in 1839 and continuing until 1851, the year in which Jane Ann died. The letters discuss a variety of subjects, including Pearce's life on the river, Jane Ann’s domestic life in Cincinnati, business, religion, politics, and family news and gossip. Also included is Pearce’s obituary from 1882, and a 1943 newspaper clipping that reprints a...
Dates:
1839-1943; Majority of material found within 1839 - 1851
Everett family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Everett
Abstract
Primarily correspondence of the Everett family, concerning family news and health issues, and also covering abolition, temperance, women's rights, rights of African-Americans, and moral reform. Printing, education, pioneer life, and religion are all discussed within the papers. Papers include materials of Robert Everett, the pastor of Welsh Congregationalist churches in Oneida County, NY, and publisher of Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd (The American Missionary), a...
Dates:
1794-1949; Majority of material found within 1838 - 1927