The Herbert Marsena Allen Letters

[Letter]

History

These four letters mention several Mount Holyoke women. They are written by a Mount Holyoke woman (Caroline Wheeler x1857) and her husband (Orson Allen), who was a missionary in Turkey. Their son Herbert Marsena Allen was born in 1865 in Harpoot, Turkey. He is the recipient of these letters.

The Images

All documents have a portion of the first page scanned, and comments about their contents are included below.

A Letter Written on March 8, 1883, to Herbert from father Orson Allen
page 1 Envelope missing. Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on March 8, 1885, to Herbert from mother Caroline Wheeler
page 1 Envelope missing. Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on March 20, 1885, to Herbert from father Orson Allen
page 1 Envelope missing. Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Apr 22, 1885, to Herbert from father Orson Allen
page 1 Envelope missing. Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.