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Isaac Backus papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 280
Abstract:

Personal papers of Backus document his professional work and include diaries, travel journals, autobiographical statements, sermons, published and unpublished writings, and extracts from readings. Collected papers include correspondence and narratives chronicling the Separate Baptist struggle for religious freedom, gathered by Backus.

Dates: 1660-1806

Rowland Willard and Elizabeth S. Willard papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2512
Abstract:

The collection consists of diaries and other writings, correspondence, photographs, and other papers documenting the lives of Dr. Rowland Willard and his wife Elizabeth S. Willard. Dr. Willard's diaries and autobiography chronicle in particular his travels through New Mexico in 1825.

Dates: 1822-1921