- Collection:
- Columbia Theological Seminary Manuscript Collection
- Title:
- Letters from James Woodrow to Marion Woodrow [Bones], 1850-1856
- Creator:
- Woodrow, James, 1828-1907
- Date of Original:
- 1850/1856
- Subject:
- Chemists
Cost and standard of living
Education
Ethnology--Georgia
Female seminaries
Foreign study
Plants--Alabama
Presbyterians--Alabama
Presbyterians--Georgia
Presbyterians--Ohio
Wages
Bolles, Julia
Bones, Marion Woodrow, 1832-1882
Bones, Marion Woodrow, 1832-1882--Personal correspondence
Lewis, R. S.
Snyder, Henry, 1814-1866
Talmage, Samuel K. (Samuel Kennedy), 1798-1865
Williams, Samuel R., 1813-
Wilson, Janet Woodrow, 1826-1888
Wilson, Joseph Ruggles, 1822-1903
Woodrow family
Woodrow, James, 1828-1907
Woodrow, James, 1828-1907--Personal correspondence
Woodrow, Robert, 1820-1857
Woodrow, Thomas, 1793-1877
Woodrow, Thomas, 1824-1886
Howard College (Birmingham, Ala.)
Jefferson College (Canonsburg, Pa.)
United States--Congress
United States--Congress--(34th, 1st session :--1855-1856)--House
Alabama
Athens (Ga.)
Basel (Switzerland)
Canonsburg (Pa.)
Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)
Danville (Ala.)
Georgia
Heidelberg (Germany)
Marion (Ala.)
Midway (Ga.)
Milledgeville (Ga.)
Milledgeville (Ga.)--Female seminaries
Montgomery (Ala.)
New Haven (Conn.)
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
personal correspondence - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Letters from James Woodrow to Marion Woodrow (Bones): concerning his new teaching position and the weather in Montgomery (Ala.), discusses the treatment he received in his former position in Tuscaloosa (Ala.) for being from the North, fears he will not have the opportunity to obtain a teaching position in the South, hopes that Marion will write more often, inquires about affairs at Canonsburg [Jefferson College] with the prospect of Joseph [Ruggles Wilson] teaching there, and mentions that he met some women but could not find mutual discussion interest, Perry County (Ala.), August 31, 1850; concerning methods for killing rodents, contrasts the inhabitants of Milledgeville (Ga.) and Midway (Ga.), describes (in response to Marion’s letter) his study habits and health, women acquaintances, continued interest in studying natural sciences, and railroad route to Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio), Oglethorpe University [Midway (Ga.)], April 5, 1853; concerning United States Congressional elections, the health of himself and other students (one from New Work), family matters concerning reception of letters, his financial situation with hopes to travel to Bâle, and his work in the laboratory, Heidelberg (Germany), January 28, 1856.
Institution: C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections and Archives, John Bulow Campbell Library, Columbia Theological Seminary - Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17323coll7/id/5641
- IIIF manifest:
- https://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/p17323coll7:5641/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 12 pages
- Original Collection:
- James Woodrow papers, 1808, 1836-1916 [bulk 1850-1867]
- Holding Institution:
- Columbia Theological Seminary
- Rights:
-
