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Bird, Isaac, 1793-1873. Letters to Rev. and Mrs. Isaac Bird, 1822-1835.

Title: Letters to Rev. and Mrs. Isaac Bird, 1822-1835.

Collection of 10 letters written to Rev. Isaac Bird and/or his wife Ann P. Bird when they were missionaries in Beirut. Many of the letters mention the diseases affecting the area and one letter has slashes in it from when it was fumigated. The letters also give news of the conditions other missionaries in the Middle East were working in, such as a fire destroying a school and the absence of gingham with which to make dresses. One of the Arabic letters concerns repayment of a debt owned to Rev. Bird. Two separate translations of the 4 letters in Arabic is included.

ArchivalResource: 10 letters (2 folders)

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Letters to Rev. and Mrs. Isaac Bird MS 0035., 1822-1835.

Title: Letters to Rev. and Mrs. Isaac Bird 1822-1835.

Letters to Rev. and Mrs. Isaac Bird, 1822-1835; missionaries in Beirut, Lebanon. Correspondence in English and Arabic (with translations) reflects living conditions among Christian missionaries in the Middle East chiefly with regard to their health, general living conditions, and prospects for success among the Nestorians, Muslims and Jews.

ArchivalResource: 10 letters

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Dwight, Elizabeth Amelia, 1809-1833. Horace Mann papers IV, 1827-1835.

Title: Horace Mann papers IV, 1827-1835.

Letters written by Elizabeth (Eliza) Amelia White Dwight to friend Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, 1827-35. Letters pertain to Dwight's life in Salem and Springfield, Mass., including accounts of daily activities, social events, time spent with her husband William, and the activities of mutual friends.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box.

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Dwight, Elizabeth B. Poetry-autograph album. 1824,1834.

Title: Poetry-autograph album. 1824,1834.

Poems addressed to Elizabeth B. Dwight, Detroit (Mich.) by her friends and relatives, 1824-1834.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36474424 View