Owensboro, Ky. — Contrasts the North with the South. “The men all have their mouth stuffed with quids of tobacco which they roll from side to side and eject the dirty juice in all directions. The ladies are pretty enough but as far as I can find out they know nothing of books, or the practical duties of the household.” Criticizes the manner in which the women dress, and that they marry very young., 1846 May 21

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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.