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Box 1
Red-rope Folder: Civil War
Correspondence, 1861-1864.
1. Camp Meigs, Washington.
1861. Ives joins Lincoln
Cavalry. Camp life and opinion of
Rebels. Amount of soldiers on both
sides.
2. Alexandria, Virginia.
1861. Ives to Lee. Capt. Dukes
death, lost to Union and Choctaws. Deserter shot, details. Poor Chaplin.
3. New Orleans, 1861.
Rebel letter from Massicot to Bourge, Ives sent to Lee from
Manassas. Army varieties in New
Orleans.
4. Camp Kearney, 1862.
Ives to Lee. Desire to teach
Opotheyaholo's command and encourage Union cause. Concern for Choctaws.
Opinions on slavery.
5. Camp Kearney, 1862.
Ives to Lee. Inquiry of Choctaws
and missionaries and their views.
Opinions on secessionism.
6. Camp Kearney, 1862.
Ives to Lee. Mill Spring,
Roanoke, Ft. Donelson, and Bull Run done by bayonet charges. Loses lady friend for joining Union army.
7. Camp Kearney, 1862.
Ives to Lee. First staining of
saber. Getting clothes, contraband at
"Bull Run's" deserted stations.
8. Camp Kearney, 1862.
Ives to Lee. Promotion to
sergeant. Parade after 4 bloodless
battles. Officers mentioned. Pea Ridge mentioned.
9. On Schooner. 6 miles
from Yorktown. 1862. Ives to Lee. Ability of Rebels. Mention of Yorktown, Manassas, McClellan and others.
10. Chickahominy River, Va. 1862.
Ives to Lee, description of battle lines. Wish to return to Choctaw Mission. County skirmishes.
11. James River, Va. 1862.
Ives to Lee. Battle tides and
troop movements. Chickahominy
Battle. Union retreat. 7 day battle told.
12. Aquia Creek.
1862. Ives to Lee. Low opinion of McClellan, and losses under
his command. Names of Commanders. Numbers in battle. One year of service.
13. Old Town, Md. 1862.
Ives to Lee. Out scouting. Detailed description of Battle movements,
prisoners, equipment, etc.
14. Winchester, Va. 1863.
Ives to Lee. Troop
movements. McClellan blunders. "Proclamation of freedom", by
Lincoln. 9 months with no
chaplain. Like Hooker.
15. Winchester, Va. 1863.
Ives to Lee. Newspaper clipping-
the affair at Strausburg. re: mission
friends; picket duties; Gen. Franklin admired.
16. Bowling Green, Ky. 1864.
Ives to Lee. His visits home;
recruiting and leading an African-American regiment.
Box 1 (continued):
Correspondence to and from the Lee Family
Folder:
1. 1853, to Lee from Parents.
Family details and happenings.
2. 1850's, Wesleyan University, Charles Rogers to Mrs. Lee
(sister). Saddened by father's actions;
speaks of his health; religious lecture to sister.
3. 1850's. Wesleyan
University, C. Rogers to sister.
Admonished sister for poor spelling.
Surprise at her decision to wed.
4. 1850's. Wesleyan
University, C. Rogers to sister.
Describes school; what he is doing.
5. 1852, Amenia Seminary, C. Rogers to sister. In a drama; Rev. Mercein add. group; trip of
students; plans to go to college.
6. 1852, Ameniaville, NY, C. Rogers to sister. Religious lecture to her; classmates and room
gatherings; over 100 students, 8 teachers.
7. 1853, Amenia Seminary, C. Rogers to sister. Religious lecture-New Year. 150 students.
8. 1853, Amenia Seminary.
C. Rogers to sister. An answer
to her question on being a Methodist or Presbyterian.
9. 1850's, Amenia Seminary.
C. Rogers to sister. Encouraging
her at her departure from friends.
10. 1853, Amenia Seminary.
C. Rogers to sister. Busy
studying; kindness of Steward.
11. 1850's, Amenia Seminary. C. Rogers to sister.
Writes other members of family; not well.
12. 1850's, Belchertown.
C. Rogers to sister. Plans to
teach school; good pay; 40 students.
13. 1850's, Middleton. C.
Rogers to sister. Short note advising
he will be home.
14. 1856, Middleton. C.
Rogers to sister. Start routine of college; attend Union meeting of 5 churches.
15. 1850's, Middleton. C.
Rogers to sister. Asks her to visit;
Health poor; Invite W.
16. 1856, Watertown. C.
Rogers to sister. Preached at
Watertown, may remain. Gives advice.
17. 1856. C. Rogers to
sister. Replaced for one week Mr.
Brewer as teacher in ladies Seminary.
18. 1857. Middleton. C. Rogers to sister. Busy studying, with added teaching duties.
19. No date. Quincy Point.
C. Rogers to Mrs. Lee. Hopes to visit
Lees. Exchange of churches.
20. No date. Quincy Point.
C. Rogers to sister. Death of Rogers
father, and not a Christian.
21. No date. Quincy Point.
C. Rogers to Lees. Illness from
Typhoid, and other ailments.
22. 1859, Quincy Point. C.
Rogers to sister. Interest in
church. Dinner with Father Taylor.
23. 1861, Quincy Point. C.
Rogers to sister. Doing funeral service
for a soldier. Expect draft for the
second 300,000 men, 400 enlist from Quincy.
Minister group included.
24. 1861. Quincy Point. C.
Rogers to Mr. Lee. Looking for job
teaching school. Offers Mr. Lee food
and visit with Rogers family. War could
start in 3 months.
25. No date.
Dorchester. C. Rogers to
sister. Progress in church, new organ
and organist. Talked with the children
of the church.
26. 1862. New
Village. To lee family from
parents. Family affairs, marriage,
chicken pox, etc. Song.
27. 1863. New Village, to
Lee from parents. Family matters.
28. 1864. Amityville, Mrs.
Lee to mother. Family health problems,
lack of rain.
29. 1864, Dorchester, Mass.
C. Rogers to sister. Assumes
duties of two pastors gone to war.
Spoke in church on political duties.
30. 1878, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. 3 recommendations for Orlando Lee as
principal of the school.
31. 1879, Long Islander newspaper article on the death of
George Lee, son of O. S. Lee born at Spencer, Indian Territory.
32. 1888, Jersey City. Mr.
Lee to wife. Details regarding a blizzard,
including information on railroads and towns affected.
33. 1889, record of funeral service of Prof. Edward S. Hall. Congregational Church, South Norfolk,
Connecticut.
34. Several school compositions by George Lee.
35. “A Class History,” 1878.
36. Cards, a commencement program, and medal.
37. 1892, correspondence from Charlotte R. Gould Woodruff to Rev.
Horace. Plea for help. Died in 1892.
38. 1894, obituary and eulogy of Charles S. Rogers. Born May 13, 1831. Died in Boston, July 16, 1894.
39. Genealogy of the Lee and Rogers families. Prepared by Mrs. Elaine Walker, Librarian.
Box 2: Correspondence from
Spencer Academy, 1859-1862.
Folder:
1. 1859, Mission House.
Mr. Lee to Mr. Wilson. Gives
exact route and mode of travel to Indian Territory. People to meet and take.
2. 1859, Ohio. Lee to
Mrs. Woodruff. Details of trip to
Spencer Academy.
3. 1859, Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Trip to
Little Rock; meeting Miss Worchester.
4. 1859, Little Rock.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Safe
arrival. Mode of travel; Senator
Ashley's widow as hostess; the slaves; plantation; etc.
5. 1859, Washington, Ark.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Last stage
of journey to I.T. Spencer. Mode of
travel, poor accommodations, Downing mentioned.
6. 1859, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Describing arrival and
home at Spencer prior to opening of school.
7. 1859, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Settled at school and
reasons for delay of the start of school.
8. 1859, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Opening of school, amount
of boys and school schedule, description of school building, teaching.
9. 1859, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. School started. Runaway problem, religious papers received,
helper problem, laundry methods.
10. 1859, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. 104 boys in school. Illness at Pine Ridge. Foods served at school.
11. 1859, Spencer. Mr. Lee
to friend. Comments on people in
Mission work.
12. 1859, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Visit of Kingsbury. Mending work. No bridges stops the mail in winter. Illness in school.
13. 1859, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Description of Rev.
Kingsbury. Work to do. Comments on the Choctaws.
14. 1859, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Boys’ tasks at
school. Inconvenience of coins for mail
shopping.
15. 1859, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Mail deliveries
difficult. Killing of 96 hogs and 20
beeves for school. Runaway
Choctaws. Reason for stagger of
holiday.
16. 1859, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Mail service poor from
Doaksville. Slaves and inability to read. 100 students; Mrs. Lee 25 yrs. old; cold
weather.
17. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to mother. Trials of trip to
Spencer. Feast of letters. Baby expected, singing of boys, eccentric
Mr. Wentz.
18. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Mrs. Lee is ill, Mr.
Song's trouble at Omaha Mission, and address for better mail delivery.
19. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Comments on death of
Mrs. Woodruff's mother. Fine weather
and family fine.
20. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Mending for students,
planting flowers, leaving of Even's family.
21. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Visit of Supt. from
Wapanucka. Curiosity of Choctaw children.
Rev. Kingsbury visits.
22. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Announcing the birth of
son.
23. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Regarding birth of baby.
24. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Telling of personal
effects sunk on the boat from New Orleans.
25. 1860, Spencer. Pencil
sketch by Mr. Lee of the campus of the school and of Lee's personal
quarters.
26. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Poverty of Choctaws,
beauty of scenery, lonely but busy life.
27. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Arrival of clothing and
belongings. Tell of fruit prospects and
rains.
28. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Good crop of
peaches. Moving of teachers, Wapanucka
closes. Mending chores.
29. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Exchange by Choctaws for
food, Mr. Reid's trip North, new vegetables eaten.
30. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Mr. Lee to preach at
five places during vacation. Slave girl
trouble, bee hives and a story of a martin. (bird)
31. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Return dress by Mrs.
Reid she cannot use. Wants estimate of
bill, journey of dress.
32. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Newspapers
received. Reid’s ability in work with
Choctaws. Rev. Dwight, a Choctaw
preacher, and his education.
33. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Two weeks at Wapanucka
and mode of travel. Health of teachers.
34. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Shortage of food; the
heat bad, school closed, and the types of fruit grown.
35. No date, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Trading an apron for a
basket. Asks how to pickle, wonders how
to prepare.
36. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Teachers from Wapanucka
to attend Camp meetings and family doings, flowers, baby, etc.
37. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Heat problem. A visit and description of saw mill people.
38. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Pickling peaches, visit
of Kingsbury, wants bluing for clothes.
39. 1860, Spencer. Mr. Lee
to Mrs. Woodruff. Letter describes Choctaw Nation, customs, habits and
attitudes of the Choctaw Indians.
40. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Lack of reptiles. Expecting teachers, comments on illness and
prices the doctor charges.
41. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. News of baby. Need of clothes and mentions health.
42. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Trip to Texas for corn
so school can open. The election of
Capt. Hudson, Choctaw chief, and a slave sale.
43. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Trip of husband, baby's
activities, the kindness of the Reids, and a flower planting.
44. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Meet at Bennington. Pine Ridge attendance, also Wheelock,
Goodland and Living Land.
45. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Opening and preparation
for school, health of family.
46. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Learning the Choctaw
language. Meeting Joseph Fulsom, and
Choctaw removal is mentioned.
47. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Trials of teachers. Meeting and hearing Allen Wright preach.
48. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Clothing problems of school,
men hoping Lincoln wins election.
49. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Bathes in creek by
students, boys having eye trouble, and a method of working with the baby.
50. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Thanksgiving at
school. Leaving of teacher Wentz for a
position as Supt. at Stockridge; Wiggins leaving.
51. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Miss Whitcomb and her
nursing care. Illness of son, cleaning
and mending school.
52. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Acting as wet nurse for
new baby. Reid's opinion of work with
Choctaws, her desire to die elsewhere.
53. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Son ill, remedy used, a
turkey for Christmas, squirrels eaten, 120 hogs butchered, and Mrs. Wiggins
makes sausage.
54. 1860, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Northern missionaries
and the Union split. Civil War with
Choctaws in the middle. Teachers and
schools.
55. 1861, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Thinks secession means
war, northern missionaries and Indians will leave. Invade by south, burning The
Independent.
56. 1861, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Difficulties of mail,
possible transfer pending, daily chores and the beautiful Spring.
57. 1861, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Mr. Ives is mentioned,
Mrs. Young ill, special session of Choctaws called, effect on Mission-war.
58. 1861, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Starvation among
Choctaws and what they eat, the government is slow to pay, meeting at
Doaksville, war looming, mail being opened, a mention of Mr. Ives and Reids.
59. 1861, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Baby's progress, lack of
milk for babies, large amount of colds.
60. 1861, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Vacation of Wheelock
teachers who visit and sew with them, and the health of teachers.
61. 1861, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Marriage of Joseph
Fulsom. Measles raging in Creek
schools, health of teachers.
62. 1861, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Accident of Mrs. Lee,
illness of Mrs. Reid and Mrs. Young, corn and fruit trees planted.
63. 1861, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. No vacation due to
heat. School out June 26th,
health of co-workers, care to injury.
64. 1861, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Beauty of Spencer, Mr.
Reid preached at Goodwater, Mrs. Young to Pine Ridge, ill Reid baby.
65. 1861, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Drought stops boats,
invitation from Byington to Stockbridge, Iyanubbie Seminary mentioned,
visitors.
66. 1861, Spencer. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Mail delivery concern,
type of fish for food, abundance of berries and fruit, rice shipments, and a
Choctaw wedding.
67. 1861, New York, George Ainslie. Location of other missionaries, Ives in particular, going to
Scotland if he does not get a mission.
68. 1861, New York, Mr. W. Lowrie to Mr. Lee. Asks to see Lee and explains sum allowed by
Committee to teach.
69. 1862, Commissioner Dale, Dept. of Interior, Office of Indian
Affairs. Thanking Lee for a
comprehensive report pertaining to Choctaws.
70. 1862, Rochester, Minn.
George Ainslie to Lees. Return
from Scotland, wishes to return to Choctaws, Miss Davidson mentioned, close to
Brother Jackson, Brother Frothingham, and Mr. Evans.
71. 1862, Rochester, Minn.
George Ainslie to Lees.
Inquiring about Choctaws and missionaries, the Southern cause, and his
work.
Box 3: Correspondence from Mrs. Lee to Mother,
1864-1871
Folder:
1. 1864, Amityville.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Visitors,
illness, financial problems.
2. 1864, Amityville.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Home
remedies for various illnesses, clothing problem.
3. 1864, Amityville. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Mrs. Lee ill, kindness
of friends.
4. 1864, Amityville.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Visit of
sister to help with illness.
5. 1864, Amityville.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Illness of
children, remedies used, weather extremely cold.
6. 1864, Amityville.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Continual
illness, wishes conversions for people would last.
7. 1864, Amityville.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Unable to
get pay, no news from Choctaw Nation, gardening, medicine used for illness.
8. No date, Amityville.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Increase of
scarlet fever. A girl with diphtheria,
a garden planted, and illness.
9. 1864, Amityville.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Chances for
visit, clothes for growing children a problem, rug making.
10. 1864, Amityville. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Mrs. Lee ill, desire to
visit home for rest.
11. 1864, Amityville. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Illness of son Charles,
medicines used.
12. 1864, Amityville. Mrs.
Lee to Mother. Work at canning, making
soap, etc.
13. No date, Amityville.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Relatives
drafted for military service, typhoid killing people daily in Babylon.
14. 1865, New Village.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Plans to buy
a new home, rains, Lee to look over West Hills.
15. 1865, New Village.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Preparing family
for return to Indian mission, desire to go to freedmen, and a poem is included.
16. 1865, New Village.
Mrs. Lee to Mother. Plans to
visit New York, water well fixed.
17. 1866, En route to Omaha Mission. Mrs. Lee to mother. Many
missionaries traveling to St. Louis, details of the trip.
18. 1866, St. Louis. Mrs.
Lee to mother. Describing trip and
states passed.
19. 1866, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Description
of trip and arrival at Omaha Mission.
Mr. Lee acting Supt., health of family.
20. 1866, Blackbird Hills.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Visit from
New York personal. Amount of students
in school, Mr. Lee made Superintendent.
21. 1866, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Description
of mission grounds, the duties of women, appearance of soldiers, and former
students at mission.
22. 1866, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Illness and
death of a small child. Work to be done
at school, heat problem.
23. 1866, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Distance for
the doctor and medical care. Visit of
presiding elder; bedbugs and mosquitoes.
24. 1866, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Death of an
aunt, visit to Agency.
25. 1866, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Drying of
corn. Illness of children, methods used
to cure.
26. 1866, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Food for
winter for school. Duties, many
visitors from Washington and Iowa.
27. 1866, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Visit to
government employees, and the trials of work when help is ill.
28. 1866, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Illness at
mission. Missionary problems, Col.
Furnus is the Indian agent, potatoes used to feed mission.
29. 1866, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Death of Mrs.
Woodruff's mother, closing of Iowa Mission, Agent Furnus replaced, mission
illness.
30. 1866, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Christmas
holiday, Maj. Lawrie replaces Indian agent Col. Furnas. Typhoid recoveries.
31. 1866, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Care of
typhoid patient by "Soldier Boys", Thanksgiving dinner, crops
planted.
32. 1867, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Vacation and
invitation to Omaha chiefs and students’ parents, big dinner, and cleaning.
33. 1867, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Flooded
railroad in Iowa, the comfort of buffalo moccasins, bedbugs, and a new
superintendent over Lee.
34. 1867, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother.
Soldier-loaded steamboats headed for Indian wars. Agent problems, Reid at Spencer, use school
for hospital and for refugees.
35. 1867, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. School
opens. Comments on children and lack of
workers, the beauty of flowers and land.
36. 1867, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Sioux wars
far away, Omahas going on a hunt, Hamilton is to the Omahas as Kingsbury is to
the Choctaws.
37. 1867, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Nursing of
sick boy, Mr. Hamilton new superintendent, teachers and trials of mission work.
38. 1867, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Having Gen.
Sherman, Gen. Harney and Sen. Henderson from Missouri as guests. Trouble with Black family.
39. 1867, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Illness
hitting teachers, profusion of plums, arrival of the Hamilton family, Hamilton
is superintendent.
40. 1867, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Birthday
celebration, teacher change, concerned if the Board will keep them another
year.
41. 1867, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Daughter
born, named Lottie. Mr. Lee teaching
again, teacher Miss Bower left.
42. 1867, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Death of
Mrs. W.'s father, having company, ordering material for daughter.
43. 1867, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Progress of daughter,
reference to style and lack of clothes for children.
44. 1867, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Good mail
service, train only 8 miles away, and the baby's progress.
45. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Mrs. Lee
ill, teacher Reid of Spencer writes, a young child dies, the boys are healthy.
46. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Cutting ice
from the river for use, logging methods, and asking for dress materials.
47. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Mr. Lee ill,
scarlet fever in school.
48. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Problem of
keeping help, family doings.
49. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Accident and
death of Mrs. Hamilton, women making a shroud for Mrs. Hamilton, daughter
baptized, uncertain future.
50. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Death of
Mrs. Hamilton, the mission family all gone, Mr. Hamilton's visit to New York.
51. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Work and
help at the mission, a trip to Decatur and Sioux City, the Omahas go hunting,
and grasshoppers.
52. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Departure of
Miss Mills; and Mr. Hamilton to attend church assembly in New York.
53. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Grandson's letter to Mrs. Woodruff.
Trip to Sioux City.
54. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Illness of
son, Omahas return from hunt.
55. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Method of
haying for the school, time for classes.
(Sunday)
56. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Has women to
help with work, bought 160 acres for investment.
57. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Good
vegetable garden, $4,000 too much for a home, would not consider a mortgage.
58. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Children ill
with whooping cough, trouble with Indians and the agent, the school may close.
59. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mr. Lee to Mrs. Woodruff.
Seeking financial help for building home, Grant's election, making a
living, and health.
60. 1868, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Family has
whooping cough, sore eyes on students, snagged steamboat, apples bought.
61. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mr. Lee to Mrs. Woodruff.
Conversion of a few Omahas.
Prospects of hiring a girl, building a home.
62. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Severe
winter, logging with Indians, plans for trip, and teachers visit Sioux City.
63. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Mission
problems with Agent, Indians protest removal of Supt. Hamilton.
64. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Miss
Hamilton marries Methodist preacher, need shoes for daughter for wedding.
65. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Illness of
boys, visit to Santee Sioux Mission, problems of leaving, and the elders visit.
66. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Progress of
daughter, visitors to show around, work to do.
67. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Master George to grandmother.
Ball-stick games, spelling, etc.
68. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Lee's visit
to Sioux, visit to Winnebago with Omaha children, and son George's letter.
69. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Vaccinating
children for small pox, others ill, Supt. Hamilton to Sioux City.
70. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Preparing to
leave the mission school, Mrs. Warner had a baby.
71. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Grasshopper
plague, help shortage, missionary to Winnebago visits.
72. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Marketing berries,
visiting with Uncle, future plans and health of family.
73. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Mr. Lee
teaching, plan to sell land, to build home.
74. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Care of sick
girl, Omahas and Pawnees fight Sioux on buffalo hunt, one scalped, article in
paper.
75. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Moving to
West Hills, Mortgage property, make arrangements for home and school for
children.
76. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Mrs. Lee to mother. Child's letter,
list of missionary guests, Christmas party, leaving plans, Nebraska land value.
77. 1869, Omaha Mission.
Remarks of a few of the Omahas on being received in the Church.
78. 1871, Huntington, Long Island. Mr. Lee to Miss Downing.
Among Omahas till 1869. Agent
trouble, Mrs. Lee's poor health, condition of the missions and teachers, a
recipe, an article, and the Indian War.
Box 4: Extra copies of correspondence.
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