Eleanor S. Bemis letter, to Mrs. William G. Emerson : manuscript.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Bemis, Eleanor S., author.

Contributor:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kansas Territory.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Women pioneers.

Genre:

Manuscripts, American -- 19th century.

Personal correspondence.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Caroline F. Schimmel, 2024.

Physical Description:

1 sheet ; 18 x 21 cm + 1 envelope + 1 transcript (2 sheets)

Production:

Kansas, 1855.

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 27 Folder 19

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Eleanor S. Bemis was born and raised in Massachusetts in the early 1800s. She moved to Kansas Territory in mid-1855. She married Thomas Clarke Wells in 1856; she resided with him in Manhattan, Kansas, from 1865 on.

Summary:

Handwritten letter signed by the author to a Mrs. William G. Emerson, salutation "Dear Teacher." Bemis describes her pioneering experiences in Kansas. She describes her and her neighbors' illnesses, the geography, her living situation, prairie fires, and homesickness. In folder with envelope addressed to Mrs. Wm. G. Emerson, Springfield, Mass., Fort Leavenworth postmark. In folder with typewritten transcript.

Notes:

Titled devised by cataloger.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Cited as:

Eleanor S. Bemis letter, to Mrs. William G. Emerson (Misc Mss Box 27 Folder 19). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1583195533