Collection #:
SC 2307

CHARITY ADDAMS BARLOW
LETTER, 1820 OCT. 28, PRINCETON, IND.
[TO] MR. AND MRS. JOHN ADDAMS, PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.

Collection Information

Historical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Cataloging Information

Processed by:
Paul Brockman
31 January 1991
Updated 22 November 2004

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

Collection INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 letter

COLLECTION DATE: 28 October 1820

PROVENANCE: M S Rare Books, Weston, MA, 24 January 1991

RESTRICTIONS: None

COPYRIGHT: Held by Indiana Historical Society

ALTERNATE FORMATS: None

OTHER FINDING AIDS: None

RELATED HOLDINGS: None

ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991.0200

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Charity Addams Barlow (fl. 1810s and 1820s) apparently was from Plattsburgh, New York, and moved with her husband to Prince Town (Princeton), Gibson County, Indiana by October, 1820. Prior to that time they had been living in Mt. Carmel, Illinois

Source: Information obtained from item. No historical sketch found in available sources.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The letter was written by Charity Barlow in Prince Town (Princeton), Indiana to her parents, Major and Mrs. John Addams in Plattsburgh, New York, 28 October 1820. Barlow goes into great detail about the diseases that plagued the state at this time. She and her family had fled their home in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. The health conditions in New Harmony and Vincennes are also mentioned, New Harmony being healthy and Vincennes being "sickly".

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