Letter from Catharine Brown in Fort Deposit, Alabama, to Mr. and Mrs. William Chamberlain at Brainerd Mission, Cherokee Nation

Title: Letter from Catharine Brown in Fort Deposit, Alabama, to Mr. and Mrs. William Chamberlain at Brainerd Mission, Cherokee Nation
Date Created: December 12, 1818
Creator: Brown, Catharine, 1800?-1823
Description: 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.
Extent: 1 letter (4 pages)
Collection: Catharine Brown correspondence (Acc. 117)
Subject: Cherokee Indians -- Correspondence; Brown, Catharine, 1800?-1823 -- Correspondence; Brainerd Mission; Cherokee Indians -- Missions -- Tennessee -- History -- 19th Century
Rights: No Known Copyright
Citation: Catharine Brown correspondence (Acc. 117). Chattanooga Public Library.
Identifier: acc 117
Type: Text

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