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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02429.12 |
From Archive Folder | Letters from missionaries Daniel and Nancy Hemans, to Rev. and Mrs Shiras |
Title | Daniel W. Hemans to Frances B. Shiras reporting the death of Rev. Johnson and discussing his missionary work at Yankton, the baptism of chiefs and home improvements |
Date | 8 December 1871 |
Author | Hemans, Daniel W. (fl. 1872-1881) |
Recipient | Shiras, Frances B. |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Comments on the length between their correspondence. Reports the freezing death of Rev. Philip Johnson. Discusses preaching with Rev. Cook at Santee. Indicates his cousin Paul was sick. Discusses his missionary work at Yankton, including the baptisms of chiefs, preaching and translating. Comments on the log house and furnishings they bought with money received (likely from Shiras). |
Subjects | American West Religion Tuberculosis American Indian History Death Health and Medical Literature and Language Arts Architecture Finance Home Furnishings Disease Christianity |
People | Shiras, Frances B. (b. 1814) Hemans, Daniel W. (fl. 1871-1881) Mazakute, Paul (1842-1873) |
Place written | South Dakota |
Theme | Reconstruction; Religion |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Friend |
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