St. Louis — Attended church in Bethel where Mr. Grovesner[?] preached. Thissell returned to St. Louis. Visited Rev. Lippincott, an old pioneer of southern Illinois, at his residence called Marine Settlement. Stayed with an old college classmate named Potter. “I would not be persuaded to live among these Suckers [Illinoisans] for all the corn & pork they raise upon their lands. There is no enterprise, no industry, no nothing in this section of the prairie state. The inhabitants mostly from the South are indolent & ignorant. They raise a little corn & pork & carry it to St. Louis market where they buy their coffee, sugar & whisky.”, 1848 Apr 26

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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.