Ebenezer Backus to Samuel Kirkland

Author(s)
Backus, Ebenezer
Contributor(s)
Kirkland, Samuel, 1741-1808
Keywords
Kirkland, Samuel, 1741-1808 Correspondence; Missionaries -- New York (State)
travel; weather; measles; illness; death;
Backus, Ebenezer; Kirkland, Samuel, 1741-1808

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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/565287
Online Access
http://contentdm6.hamilton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arc-kir/id/521
Abstract
Lately returned from Albany. Poor weather and the "filthy" behavior of the Dutch made the trip disagreeable. One of Backus' children died of the measles.
Letter writer: Ebenezer Backus, Letter recipient: Samuel Kirkland
Date created: February 10, 1773
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Date
1773-02-10
Type
correspondence; letters;
Identifier
oai:contentdm6.hamilton.edu:arc-kir/521
yhm-arc-kir-038a
http://contentdm6.hamilton.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arc-kir/id/521
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public domain
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