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Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847


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    • Prentiss, Narcissa, 1808-1847
    • Whitman, Marcus, Mrs., 1808-1847
    • Whitman, Narcissa, 1808-1847
    • Prentiss Whitman, Narcissa, 1808-1847
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    • found: Her Mrs. Whitman's letters, 1894.
    • found: Sabin, L. Narcissa Whitman, brave pioneer, c1982:CIP t.p. (Narcissa Whitman)
    • found: NUCMC files(Whitman, Narcissa (Prentiss), 1808-1847; Mrs. Marcus Whitman; pioneer missionary to Cayuse Indians near Walla Walla, Wn.)
    • found: Dictionary of Oregon history, c1956:p. 264 (Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, born March 14, 1808, died Nov. 29, 1847; born in Prattsburg, N.Y.; née Prentiss; assigned as missionary under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the Western American Indians; left for Oregon Country)
    • found: OCLC, Apr. 23, 2013(access points: Whitman, Narcissa; Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss; Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847; Whitman, Narcissa (Prentiss), 1808-1847; Whitman, Narcissa (Prentiss), Mrs., 1808-1847; Prentiss Whitman, Narcissa, d. 1847; usage: Narcissa Whitman; Narcissa Prentiss Whitman; Mrs. Marcus Whitman)
    • found: Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (website), viewed Nov.1, 2021:Guide to the Marcus and Narcissa Whitman Papers 1823-1961, cage 142 (Marcus Whitman was born on September 4, 1802 in Rushville, New York. His father's early death necessitated his living with relatives from 1810 to 1820. During this time he was educated and received religious instruction. He received his medical degree in 1824 and practiced medicine for several years in Canada, was ordained for the ministry in 1834, and married in early 1836. Narcissa Prentiss Whitman was born March 14, 1808 in Prattsburgh, New York. She attended Franklin Academy and Collegiate Institute and later a female seminary in Troy, New York that specialized in the training of teachers. Following the completion of her studies she taught in several places. The Whitmans arrived in the Oregon Territory in 1836 and settled near Fort Walla Walla, where Whitman cultivated land and practiced medicine and Mrs. Whitman started an Indian school. In 1842, he travelled to the east to argue against the closing of the Oregon Missions. On his return, he led the first major emigrant wagon train to Oregon, the forerunner of the American settlement. On November 29, 1847, Whitman, his wife, and twelve others were killed by Indians.) - http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg142.htm
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    • 1982-02-24: new
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