A letter from John Finley Crowe to his wife Esther Alexander Crowe over his travels from Hanover, Indiana to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Crowe stayed in Winchester Virginia while writing this letter. Crowe talks about staying with the father of one of his students and receiving excellent hospitality. Crowe also mentions a Sabbath that featured a snow storm. Crowe talks about preaching occasionally on the road and receiving money in exchange. Crowe talks about needing letter of introduction in order to spend the night at a friend of a friend's house. Crowe finishes the letter by stating how much he misses Esther and the kids, and that he hopes that the kids are behaving. There is also an unfinished letter from one of Crowe's children to Sister Caroline.

The Crowe Family Papers Digitization project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Creator

• Crowe, John Finley, 1787-1860

Subject

• Crowe, Esther Alexander, 1792-1858

• Travel

• Crowe family

• Coulter, Caroline Crowe, 1827-1909

• Winchester (Va.)

Publisher

• Hanover College

Language

• English

Identifier

• MSS1_Box1_F12_2

Keyword

• Hanover College, Crowe Family Papers, MSS 1

Date created

• 1836-01-31

Resource type

• Other

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/