Springfield — “I returned to this capital of the Sucker State on Saturday. That was a great day for the rabble. The glorious 4th coming on Sunday, they celebrated it on Saturday. . . . I do not believe it is my duty to . . . spend hours & days in begging people for money, many of whom will give me 50 cents just to get rid of me.”, 1847 July 5

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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.