Alfred Longley and family papers, 1832-1869.

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Alfred Longley and family papers, 1832-1869.

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Letters to Alfred (1832-1854), primarily from his sister Mary Ann and her husband, Stephen R. Riggs, while missionaries to the Dakota Indians in Minnesota; love letters between Alfred and his future wife, Julia Read (1839-1841); and letters (1864-1869) to Julia from her son Charles in Tipton, Iowa, and other family members, with domestic and social news.

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Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883

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Stephen Return Riggs, a Presebyterian missionary, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on March 23, 1812, the son of Stephen and Anne (Baird) Riggs. He studied at Jefferson College and the Western Theological Seminary in 1833 and 1834, and he was licensed to preach in 1836. He came to what is now Minnesota under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in 1837, settling first at Lake Harriet (in what is now Minneapolis). Later he was sent to th...

Longley, Alfred, 1809-1851

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Read, Julia.

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Riggs, Mary Ann Clark Longley, 1813-1869

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