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The Alaskan Diary Of A Pioneer Quaker Missionary, Martha Hadley
The Alaskan Diary Of A Pioneer Quaker Missionary, Martha Hadley
Historical Quaker Books
210 pages, multiple photographs, recording 1899-1903.
From the introduction:
"A word about her background will make the diary more meaningful. She was born in 1852 and was nearly 4 7 years old when she went to Alaska to undertake this service in 1899. Records show that she was certified to teach in Ohio and in Iowa where the family moved in the early 1880's. Her brother, Joseph Hadley, was state superintendent of schools in Iowa. About 1890 she attended a missionary training school in Chicago, Illinois. When she decided to be a missionary she took special training in medicine and …
Carson W. Cox: A Missionary To China, Vercia P. Cox
Carson W. Cox: A Missionary To China, Vercia P. Cox
Historical Quaker Books
Excerpt: " "Eunice, is Larkin Cox speaking the truth? Does thee desire to marry him and go to that wild new Territory, infested still with wild buffalo, coyotes and Indians?"
The tall young man, with the fingers of his right hand touching the new but heavy growth of dark beard, looked steadfastly at the slender Quakeress across the fireplace from him. Eunice Cox stood. She looked not at her father, who had spoken, but at her lover and replied, "Yes, father; I wish to marry Larkin and go wherever he sees fit to take me." Her mother and sisters began …