Catharine Brown correspondence, 1818

Collection Title: Catharine Brown correspondence, 1818
Description: Collection consists of one four-page letter from Brown in Fort Deposit, Alabama, to Mr. and Mrs. William Chamberlain at Brainerd Mission, Cherokee Nation dated December 12, 1818. Brown mentions being homesick for Brainerd Mission, pities the “sinful” Cherokees, and is saddened at the possibility of moving to Arkansas.
Gift of Mrs. Annie A. Pollard, July 27, 1953.
Identifier: Acc. 117

Letter from Catharine Brown in Fort Deposit, Alabama, to Mr. and Mrs. William Chamberlain at Brainerd Mission, Cherokee Nation
Catharine Brown was a Cherokee student at Brainerd Mission, located in present-day Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was the Mission's first convert to Christianity. In this letter from Catharine to Mr. and Mrs. William Chamberlain of Brainerd, Catherine expresses her uncertainty about whether she will go with her father to Arkansas territory. Typed transcript available. This letter has been published in "Cherokee Sister: The Collected Writings of Catharine Brown, 1818-1823" by Brown and Theresa Gaul.