HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG0904.AM: Rebecca Culbertson Low Hutchinson, 1836-1887
Letters: 1885-1886
Fort Niobrara, Cherry County, Nebraska:
Size: One folder
BACKGROUND NOTE
Born in Ohio in 1836, Rebecca (Culbertson) Low Hutchinson was the wife of Rev. Samuel Hutchinson. They lived in Cherry County, Nebraska, near Fort Niobrara. Rebecca died on March 27, 1887, and is presumed to be buried in Kewanee Cemetery in Cherry County, Nebraska.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of letters from Rebecca Hutchinson to her family in Illinois. Mrs. Hutchinson, wife of Rev. Samuel M. Hutchinson, describes farm life at Fort Niobrara, Nebraska, particularly crops cultivated, and mentions Rev. Hutchinson’s religious work. The letters are in typescript form.
INVENTORY
Letters (typescripts), 1885-1886
Subject headings:
Agriculture — Nebraska — Cherry County
Baptists in Nebraska
Cherry County (Nebraska) — History
Farm life — Nebraska — Cherry County
Fort Niobrara (Nebraska) — History
Hutchinson, Rebecca Culbertson Low, 1836-1887
Revised TMM 05-11-2010; 04-02-2020
