Correspondence of Nathaniel Gerrish, 1825-1890

Many of the correspondents' names are uncertain in this series, but it consists primarily of letters to and from Nathaniel Gerrish and various family members, including his brother Charles--the first member of the Gerrish family to attend Oberlin. Charles was in the opening class of 1833. There is also correspondence with friends and business associates, including one post card dated 1886 from "H.C. King", the future president of Oberlin College. Received with this group of papers were letters to William H. Harris (1835-50), who may have been a relative of the first Mrs. Nathaniel Gerrish. Many of the letters to Mr. and Mrs. Gerrish are from Newburyport, Massachusetts, the ancestral home of the early Gerrishes. Arranged chronologically.