In this letter to Esther Crowe from John Finley Crowe, he is traveling via steam boat and is amazed by its efficiency. With his time on the boat he discusses how he never caught up with William Blythe after Wheeling. He also...
A brief letter from John Finley Crowe to an unamed daughter, but presumably Sarah Almira Crowe Garritt. Crowe references specific points from Miss Crowe's previous letters such as a tenuous trip to Pitssburgh. Crowe also...
A short letter from Joseph Bryan to John Finley Crowe over the former's inability to visit Crowe and Bryan's brother, James. Bryan, at the time, sent the letter from a boat on the Mississippi river on his way to New Orleans....
Letter from Mary Ann and Charles Kilgore Thompson to Esther Alexander Crowe over their daily life, the weather, and the family's heath. Mary Ann wrote the first of the two letters, and she remarks on her mother's god health and...
Letter from Mary Ann Thompson to her father John Finley Crowe regarding his trip to her home, news of her family, and her husband's work as a preacher. Thompson also writes to her sister, Caroline Coulter about hiring a girl to...
Letter from Mary Ann Thompsom to her father, John Finley Crowe, 1859. She discusses her travel to Indianapolis, the health of her father, the activities of her children, the potential of Dr. Wood becoming president of Hanover...
A short letter from R. C. Caldwell to John Finely Crowe. Caldwell reminisces about his time spent in Hanover with the Crowe family and asks for an update on the family since he last saw them in 1830.
Sadie discusess in her letter Cara's journey to America and that she is doing it alone with her children. She also writes about her friend Mollie and her gentleman of late and she writes about a criminal trial taking place...