Collection, 1894-1908.

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Collection, 1894-1908.

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Consists of transcripts of letters from Rev. John Robinson, St. Mary's Mission, concerning Methodist missionary activities near Sisseton, South Dakota; a biographical sketch of John Robinson; transcripts of letters from Rev. Samuel Spates and the Spates family concerning missionary activity in Dakota Territory; a biographical sketch of Rev. Samuel Spates; a transcript of the diary of Jedediah Dwight Stevens, 1827-1830, describing mission work among Indians in Wisconsin; and a manuscript by Rev. John H. Pitezel entitled "Story of Backwoods Life" describing mission work in Michigan and Wisconsin.

.25 ft.

State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6933420

State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives

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Pitezel, John H., 1814-1906

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Born in Laceham (Md.) on April 18, 1814, Pitezel attended Norwalk Seminary (Ohio), 1834-1836. He served in the Lower Sandusky Circuit in 1835 and was admitted to the Mich. Annual Conference of Methodist ministers in 1836. Pitezel then worked briefly in Adrian, Marshall, and Jackson (Mich.). In 1836 he was appointed to Sault Sainte Marie, where he served for eight years. In 1844 he was transferred to Kewawenon, near current L'Anse (Mich.). Pitezel was given additional duties to serve as a "roving...

Spates, Samuel

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Jackson, Leroy F. (Leroy Freeman), 1881-1958

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Professor of History, Washington State University. From the description of Papers, 1914-1917. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853546 Leroy Freeman Jackson, born July 15, 1881, in London, Ontario, Canada, moved with his family to North Dakota in the early 1890s. Jackson received his bachelors degree from the University of North Dakota and his masters degree from the University of Chicago. In 1912 he went to Harvard for a year to conduct research under Fre...

Stevens, Jedediah Dwight, 1798-1876?

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