Putnamville, Indiana — Mentions going to Putnamville by horseback on the National Road: “This is truly a perfect burlesque upon the idea of national roads. In many places it is absolutely dangers to life & limb.” Stayed with Rev. Hawley in Putnamville. Mentions encounter with a Methodist preacher who struggled to find a particular verse in the Bible. Mentions a brief meeting with William Kennedy of Van Buren, Clay County, Indiana., 1847 Jan 22

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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.