Diary and memorandum book, 1857-1866.

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Diary and memorandum book, 1857-1866.

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Volume (ca. 190 p.) contaning Rhea's diary (1859, Oct. 19 -1862 Oct. 9 and 1865, Oct. 1 - Dec. 31), and memoranda, 1859-1866, including genealogy, personal and church financial data, baptisms, deaths, marriages, etc. Records his activities as clergyman and occasionally as a teacher at Springfield, Mo., 1859-1861, Fairfield University and Fairfield, Iowa, 1861-1862, and Macomb, Ill., 1865. Also diary, (1860, July 3 - 26), of trip through southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas including the communal settlement at Harmony Springs. References also to beginning of Civil War in Missouri, other denominations, and Iowa Wesleyan College. Also, business letters of W.A. Shackelford and Co., Springfield, Mo., 1857-1858.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Rhea, J. H., 1827-1896

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