Papers, 1843-1872.

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Papers, 1843-1872.

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Consists of correspondence written by the Spalding family, including Eliza Hart Spalding, Eliza Spalding Warren, and Henry Harmon Spalding, chiefly concerning missionary work and its difficulties. Henry Spalding describes the government administration of Indian territories. Also includes a manuscript of Eliza Spalding Warren describing the "Whitman Massacre."

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Spalding family.

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Henry Harmon Spalding was a missionary to the Nez Percé Indians. From the description of Papers, 1843-1872. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83030403 ...

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 Percé Indian mission at Lapwai, where he remained until the Whitman Massacre in 1847...

Warren, Eliza Spalding, 1837-1919

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Daughter of Rev. H.H. Spalding and Eliza Hart Spalding. From the description of Collection, 1905-[1935] (University of Idaho Library). WorldCat record id: 42929633 ...

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 ...