The white woman, 1841 May 17.

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The white woman, 1841 May 17.

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Handwritten manuscript dated May, 17 1841, Chapel Hill, signed by Susan W. McFarland. An extract of an account of a mission by the Rev. Timothy Alden, president of Allegheny College, addressed to Rev. Abiel Holmes, among the Seneca and Munsee performed in 1820, describing a visit with Mary Jemison.

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Jemison, Mary, 1743-1833

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Alden, Timothy, 1771-1839

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Congregational clergyman, college president, and antiquarian. From the guide to the Timothy Alden letter, 1826, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Congregational clergyman of New Hampshire and Pennsylvania and first president of Allegheny College. From the description of Papers, 1813-1839. (Allegheny College). WorldCat record id: 38868029 Timothy Alden (1771-1839) was a Congregational clergyman, president of Allegheny Colle...

Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837

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Congregational clergyman of Cambridge, Mass. From the description of Meteorological register of Abiel Holmes, 1795-1829. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069604 American Congregational clergyman and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to Noah Webster, 1809 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269523484 Congregational clergyman and historian; father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. From the description of Ab...

Huntington Free Library

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McFarland, Susan W.

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Mary Jemison was taken captive by a raiding party of Shawnee Indians during the French and Indian War when she was a teenager. She was sold by the raiding party to a group of Seneca Indians who adopted her. She was given a new name, Dehgewanus or Two Falling Voices. She married a Delaware, Sheninjee, and had two sons, one who died at a young age, and one who was named Thomas after her father. They traveled from Ohio to the Genesee Valley of New York. After her husband died she remarried and had ...