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(1808-1847) Diarist, letter writer. Narcissa Whitman was one of the first white women to travel cross country, leading to more than eleven years of letters that were ultimately published.

Full Name

Narcissa Prentice Whitman

Locations

Rensselaer

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Whitman attended a female seminary in Troy, New York.

Unknown

LITWORK

Letters and Journals of Narcissa Whitman

1808

BIRTH

Narcissa Prentiss was born in Prattsburgh, New York in 1808.

1834

RESIDENCE

Whitman moved to Belmont, New York in 1834.

1836

OTHER

Prentiss married Dr. Marcus Whitman in Angelica, New York in 1836.

1847

DEATH

Narcissa Whitman died in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1847.

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