"You will see with what freedom I have written:" The Courtship Correspondence of James H. Fairchild and Mary F. Kellogg

"You will see with what freedom I have written:" The Courtship Correspondence of James H. Fairchild and Mary F. Kellogg

"You will see with what freedom I have written:" The Courtship Correspondence of James H. Fairchild and Mary F. Kellogg
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A student project focused on the courtship correspondence between James Harris Fairchild, who became the third president of Oberlin, and his future wife, Mary Fletcher Kellogg. The project includes sixteen letters written between 1838 and 1861. The letters offer a window into early life in Oberlin, anti-slavery attitudes in Oberlin, and antebellum courtship practices.

Oberlin College Archives

Oberlin College Archives

1838-1841