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Box 2

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Contains 91 Results:

Charles Campbell, near Springfield, Illinois to Elizabeth M. Campbell,Princeton, New Jersey, 1834 September 1

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 70
Identifier: id176488
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Moving next to Vandalia, Illinois, and thence East Tennessee via Louisville, Kentucky. Considers it unlikely he will remain in Illinois.

Dates: 1834 September 1

Charles Campbell, Chota, Tennessee to Alexander S. Campbell, Petersburg, 1834 September

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 71
Identifier: id176489
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He is contented with being a schoolmaster. Tells him of eating pumpkin bread at Chota. Description of country and wild life.

Dates: 1834 September

Mrs. Mildred W. Campbell, Petersburg to Mr. Charles Campbell, Chota, East Tennessee, 1834 September 17

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 72
Identifier: id176490
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Family news: news of letters sent to him. News of Charles' staying with his uncle and aunt in Tennessee.

Dates: 1834 September 17

Charles Campbell, Chota, Tennessee to Mrs. Mildred W. Campbell,Petersburg, 1834 September 20

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 73
Identifier: id176491
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His first teaching job (the children of Mr. Henley). Talks of staying with his cousins. Postscript: Elizabeth Henley,Chota, Tennessee to Mrs. Mildred W. Campbell, Petersburg. Expresses hope she will come to Tennessee to visit.

Dates: 1834 September 20

Mildred W. Campbell to Charles Campbell, Chota, Tennessee, 1834 October

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 74
Identifier: id176492
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Happy to hear he has arrived safely at Chota. Postscript: Alexander S. Campbell to Charles Campbell. News of school. Incomplete.

Dates: 1834 October

John WilsonCampbell, Petersburg, Virginia to Charles Campbell, Chota, Tennessee, 1834 October 2

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 75
Identifier: id176493
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Advises Charles Campbell to settle in the West; hoped Charles Campbell could work for the railroad. Also a note from Charles Campbell's brother Alexander. Charles Campbell's "Review of Oberlin"will appear in the next number of the register; "anti-Leigh Men Met"; Business at the store has picked up.

Dates: 1834 October 2

Elizabeth Campbell, Petersburg to Charles Campbell, Chota, 1834 October 7

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 76
Identifier: id176494
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2 1/ Her return home after two months. Happy to hear he is at Uncle Henley's at Chota. Her trip to Saratoga Springs, Princeton, and Philadelphia.

Dates: 1834 October 7

Lavinia McPheeters,Raleigh to Charles Campbell, 1834 October 30

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 77
Identifier: id176495
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Surprised he is at Chota; Cholera epidemic in Petersburg; has given up going to parties since she already has "enough worldliness and wickedness."

Dates: 1834 October 30

Elizabeth M. Campbell, Petersburg, Virginia to Charles Campbell, Chota, Tennessee, 1834 November 15

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 78
Identifier: id176496
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Social news. Informs him of her reading. Mention Mr. Maben "he is to be a near relation of yours."

Dates: 1834 November 15

Charles Campbell, Hard-Times, Blount County, Tennessee, to Elizabeth Campbell, 1834 November 23

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 79
Identifier: id176497
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Having grown dissatisfied with Chota, he has left it very discontented, still looking for an occupation in a quiet place.

Dates: 1834 November 23

Charles Campbell, Hard-Times, Tennessee to Elizabeth Campbell,Petersburg, Virginia, 1834 November 25

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 80
Identifier: id176499
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Staying with Uncle Spotswood, leaving for Alabama tomorrow by stage. Again mentions going to Illinois.

Dates: 1834 November 25

Charles Campbell, Glencoe, Alabama to Elizabeth M. Campbell,Petersburg, 1834 December 4

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 81
Identifier: id176500
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Arrived Tuscumbia four days ago news of relatives there. Looking for a school that suits him.

Dates: 1834 December 4

Elizabeth M. Henley,Chota, Tennessee to Elizabeth M. Campbell, Petersburg, Virginia, 1834 December 6

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 82
Identifier: id176501
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Charles has left for Tuscumbia; Margaret Keller to marry Dr. Newsom; family news.

Dates: 1834 December 6

J. H. Gillespie, Somerville, Alabama to "brother,", 1834 December 12

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 83
Identifier: id176502
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Has not chosen a superintendent of the male academy; Academy has 35 students.

Dates: 1834 December 12

Elizabeth Campbell,Petersburg to Charles Campbell, Tuscumbia, Alabama, 1834 December 18

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 84
Identifier: id176503
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Inquires about Alabama cousins. Petersburg a very busy place: social news. Church news.

Dates: 1834 December 18

Charles Campbell, Glencoe, Alabama to Elizabeth M. Campbell,Petersburg, 1834 December 26

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 85
Identifier: id176504
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Asks her to send money. Appointed head of the Academy in Somerville, Alabama. News of cotton crop.

Dates: 1834 December 26