Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts & Archives
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Charles Latham
11 May 1994
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 item
COLLECTION DATE: 1814 (possibly 1817 or 1819)
PROVENANCE: Robert Russo, date unknown
RESTRICTIONS: None
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
OTHER FINDING AIDS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: None
ACCESSION NUMBER: 94.0618x
Noah M. Green, apparently a native of Vermont, was living in Trumbull County, in the Connecticut Reserve of Ohio, in 1814. He was a man of some education and apparently of some wealth, since he intended to take his family on an extensive journey to Natchez or New Orleans and then back to the Northeast via the West Indies.
This collection contains one item, a letter written in 1814 by Noah M. Green to his cousin Captain John Willard in Barre, Vermont. The letter describes Green's health (tubercular), his plans for travel, and the society where he is. There are pleasant Yankees in the town of Bloomfield, but disagreeable Pennsylvanians and Southerners in the countryside. He also describes the harvests and the local flora and fauna. There is a kind of mandrake "not exceeded for fragrance or flavor by any apple," and "elk at this season...is as good as a likely two-year-old beef." But Green longs for the quiet of his library.
MAIN ENTRY: Green, Noah M.
SUBJECT ENTRIES; Green, Noah M.
Frontier and pioneer life--Ohio--Trumbull County
Trumbull County (Ohio)--Social life and customs
Trumbull County (Ohio)--Description and travel
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