Papers, 1836-1953.

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Papers, 1836-1953.

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Copies of diary and letters of Eliza Hart Spalding. Copies and originals of 1866 petitions from Spalding to the Idaho Territorial governor and the superintendent of Indian Affairs, D.W. Ballard, regarding Spalding's re-appointment to the Nez Perce Mission. Copies of a petition from citizens in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho territories requesting the appointment of Spalding to the Lapwai mission. Clippings, brochures, and programs relating to Spalding Centennial, May 1936, and accounts of historic Lapwai Mission.

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Idaho State Archives, Idaho State Historical Society

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Idaho State Archives, Idaho State Historical Society

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Ballard, David W., 1824-1883

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Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874

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Reverend Henry Harmon Spalding, pioneer Presbyterian missionary in the Oregon Territory, was born on November 26, 1803 in New York. In 1836, after successfully applying for an appointment under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Spalding traveled overland to Oregon with his first wife, Eliza Hart Spalding, and Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. Later that year he founded the Nez PerceĢ Indian mission at Lapwai, where he remained until the Whitman Massacre in 1847...

Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851

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Eliza Spalding and Narcissa Whitman were the first white women to cross the continent overland. From the description of Diary, 1836-1840. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31760037 ...