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19 June 1875
Hemans, Daniel W. (fl. 1872-1881)
to Alexander Shiras
Discusses his wife Nancy's illness with rheumatism, a book he received, and the threat to his garden posed by grasshoppers.
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27 August 1875
Discusses the death of his daughter Mary and affirms his belief that it is God's will. Also discusses the destruction of his garden in the night by a herd of cattle. Notes he has a hemorrhage.
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20 January 1878
Hemans, Nancy A. (b. 1843)
to Frances B. Shiras
Discusses her husband's declining health and how she recovered her own health, which became bad after her daughter Mary died, while camping. Notes visiting the sick via horseback. Comments on the local school, Christmas, and a visit by whites to...
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14 March 1878
Discusses her husband's sickness and impending death. Comments on sympathetic visitors, her friendship with the Shiras's, and the tragedy the death will be for their son.
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3 April 1878
Reports the death and burial of her husband, Daniel Hemans.
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5 June 1878
Discusses all she has had to do since her husband's death and reveals that she is pregnant since three months before his death. Comments on her hope to be a good mother but willingness to die, if it is God's will. Discusses money problems with the...
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8 September 1878
Discusses her loneliness and friendlessness since her husband's death and how a letter from Reverend Shiras lifted her spirits. Notes that her son is growing. Asks Shiras to pray for her "that the evil will not overcome me." Comments that she would...
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18 January 1879
to Alexander Shiras and Frances B. Shiras
Thanks them for their letter sent with five dollars. Expresses her praise for God. Notes that her son Allie is going to school at the Santee Agency and her infant son is doing well.
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15 January 1880
Explains that her health and taking care of her new baby has prevented her from writing sooner. Discusses how the baby keeps her up at night and how she and her other son were both sick recently. Compares her son's two schools, preferring the one far...
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4 June 1880
Thanks Shiras and others for money sent (possibly for Daniel Hemans's grave stone). Thinks the Santee had enough money for a grave stone. Discusses her baby boy, Daniel, and his humorous actions. Comments on her other son's riding activities and his...
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