Circular letter of Sylvester Dana, Concord, N.H., to the surviving members of the Dartmouth College class of 1839. Comprises an invitation to a class reunion. Written on the circular is a letter signed Sylvester Dana to Rev. C. Peabody, asking him to prepare obituaries for deceased classmates Lewis Potter and Rev. J.W. Walcott. Mentions the death of George S. Sawyer, and shares some biographical information on classmate Eastman of Farmington, N.H., 1889 Apr 10

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2

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From the Collection:

The collection contains a typescript copy of a diary of Rev. Charles Peabody, May 21– September 11, 1846; a diary of Rev. Peabody, October 12, 1846–July 25, 1849, while he traveled in the West (mostly in St. Louis, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio) as an agent of the American Tract Society; and four travel diaries of Rev. Peabody, 1858-1859, recording his travels mostly in Europe. The collection also contains correspondence to Rev. Peabody, 1888-1889; many of these letters are from his Dartmouth College classmates.