Sarle family papers 1807-1826 Sarle family

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Sarle family papers 1807-1826 Sarle family

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Rhobe Knight and Dorcas Arnold, two daughters of the Sarle family of Cranston, Rhode Island, moved to northern New York State after marriage, ca. 1805-1810. Their letters home to their family discuss their lives and concerns, including farming, childbirth, marital relations, the War of 1812, and the religious conversion of one sister during a Methodist revival.

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Knight, Rhobe.

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Cole, Anna Arnold.

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Arnold, Dorcas.

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Sarle, Thomas, Jr.

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Sarle family

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The Sarle family papers center on the experience of Rhobe Knight and Dorcas Arnold, the daughters of Joseph Sarle, who let their family in Rhode Island to move to New York State after they married, ca. 1805-1810. Both George and Rhobe Knight and Ichabod and Dorcas Arnold bought land to clear and farm near Ogdensburg in present-day St. Lawrence County. Knight also worked as a cooper, while Arnold operated a small-scale lumbering operation. The Knights had five children: L...