John R. Pendell papers, 1817-1906

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Summary

Creator:
Pendell, John R.
Abstract:
John R. Pendell was a teacher, Baptist minister, and book salesman of Worcester, Mass. and New York. Collection consists of personal correspondence of several generations of the family of John R. Pendell, teacher, salesman, and Baptist minister, and of the related F. D. Ingersoll and Jeduthan Stevens families, discussing family finances, social life and customs in Massachusetts and New York, the need for education for various members of the family, religion, temperance and prohibition, and the presidential elections of 1884 and 1888.
Extent:
2 Linear Feet
1527 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.01009

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of personal correspondence of several generations of the family of John R. Pendell, teacher, salesman, and Baptist minister, and of the related F. D. Ingersoll and Jeduthan Stevens families, discussing family finances, social life and customs in Massachusetts and New York, the need for education for various members of the family, religion, temperance and prohibition, and the presidential elections of 1884 and 1888.

Biographical / historical:

John R. Pendell was a teacher, Baptist minister, and book salesman.

Acquisition information:
The John R. Pendell Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1954 and 1956.
Processing information:

Processed by Walt Evans, May 2001

Encoded by Noah Huffman, April 2010

Accessions from 1954 and 1956 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

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[Identification of item], John R. Pendell Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University