John Monteith papers, 1797-1885.

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John Monteith papers, 1797-1885.

Correspondence between Monteith and other family members, 1817-1885, concerning current events, travels, temperance reform, slavery, and banking failures; annual report, Nov. 1818, of John Monteith to governor and judges of Michigan Territory concerning the University; diaries, 1808-1838, notes on his library, sermons and sermon outlines, speeches, notes on class lectures, account books, notebook, 1820, containing a Chippewa-English vocabulary; student notes, 1797-1798, taken by Alexander Monteith at Dickinson College; and manuscript play, entitled, "The Raging Firelands" composed by John Monteith, Jr.; biographical sketch of Abigail Monteith written by Edwin Harris Monteith; correspondence of Monteith's wife Abigail, his daughter Sarah and his sons George, John Jr., Charles and Edwin; letters concerning George Monteith's service as an officer in the Fourth Michigan Infantry during the Civil War; and photographs.

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