Hannah Thacher Letter
Christian missionary Hannah Thatcher wrote this letter from the Elliott Mission in the Choctaw Nation to Polly Carpenter and Nancy Sweet in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. In it, she describes her life working as a missionary among the Choctaw in Mississippi.
Dates
- 1822 March 7-8
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
Christian missionary Hannah Thatcher wrote this letter from the Elliott Mission in the Choctaw Nation to Polly Carpenter and Nancy Sweet in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. In it, she describes her life working as a missionary among the Choctaw in Mississippi.
Biographical/Historical Note
Hannah Thacher was born in Harford, Pennsylvania in 1800. She arrived at the Chocktaw Nation on March 19, 1821 to teach at the Eliot School, which had been established by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in 1818. She married William W. Pride on June 12, 1822.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
This letter is the property of Special Collections.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository