All Items 4 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 4 Contributor 5 White, Bela 4 Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863 3 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 2 Hitchcock, Edward, 1828-1911 1 White, George, 1806-1834 1 Location 1 Illinois 1 Topic 4 Correspondence 3 Family 3 Death and burial 2 Frontier and pioneer life 1 Part Of 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 4 Genre 1 Correspondence 4 Orra White Hitchcock letter to Bela White, 1846 October 26 Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863 A letter from Orra White Hitchcock to her brother, Bela White in Iowa, in which she describes unsuccessfully trying to meet with Dr. Chester William Cowles to send a letter to Bela White and to allow Dr. Cowles to see her family so that he could describe them to Bela. Since Dr. Cowles did not call on Orra White, she describes her six children and their characters in the letter so that Bela may in some way get "acquainted" with them. Orra White Hitchcock letter to Bela White, 1846 October 26 Bela White letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1863 June 10 White, Bela A letter of condolence to Edward Hitchcock from his brother-in-law Bela White upon the death of Orra White Hitchcock. The letter includes a request for a letter back from Hitchcock and his children, and the establishment of an ongoing correspondence between them. Bela White letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1863 June 10 Bela White letter to George White, 1831 September 15 White, Bela A letter from Bela White to his brother, George White in Monson, Massachusetts, [brothers of Orra White Hitchcock] in which he describes his life in the village in Illinois where he lives. He notes his involvement in the building of an ox saw mill and his expectation that it will be profitable. He says that residents expect a "very considerable immigration from the eastern states" in the fall and that many of the southerners are returning to Tennessee, which he considers just as well. He mentions that he has not heard from Amherst since the previous winter. Bela also explains with humor that some older women in the town have given him a namesake since he is unlikely to wed and have children of his own. Bela White letter to George White, 1831 September 15 Bela White letter to Edward Hitchcock, Jr., 1864 March 19 White, Bela A letter in which Bela White, Orra White Hitchcock's brother, expresses his sympathies to Edward Hitchcock, Jr. for the loss of his father. Bela White letter to Edward Hitchcock, Jr., 1864 March 19
