Indianapolis — Mentions Rev. Lowry. Mentions the home of Col. Nave, who has gone to the Mexican War. “This National Road is a perfect disgrace to the nation & the president who vetoed the bill appropriating money for finishing it. It is said that since that event Van Buren has passed through Indiana in the stage & was turned over on this very road. Served him right.” Staying at Mr. Blake’s in Indianapolis., 1847 Feb 10

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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.