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Folder MS File Box 2

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Marcus Whitman letters to Alanson Hinman

 Collection — Folder: MS File Box 2
Identifier: MS-69
Summary

Marcus Whitman was a missionary in the Oregon Territory who was killed by Cayuse Indians in 1847. These letters, sent to his friend Alanson Hinman, shed light on conditions at the mission in the weeks before his death.

Dates: 1847