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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION |
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| Creator: | Creator:Peet, James, 1828-1866. | |
| Title: | James Peet papers. | |
| Date: | 1846-1871. | |
| Abstract: | Papers related to the family and career of an itinerant Methodist Episcopal minister who served missions in Minnesota and Wisconsin. | |
| Quantity: | 1.65 cu. ft. (4 boxes, including 11 v.). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description section for shelf location. | |
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BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES PEET
James Peet was born in Palermo, New York on November 18, 1828. He came to St. Paul, Minnesota, as a Methodist missionary in 1855. From 1856 to 1861 he was located in Superior, Wisconsin and Oneota (Duluth), Minnesota. At the same time he ministered to missions in Bayfield and La Pointe, Wisconsin.
During the Civil War, Peet was chaplain for an African American regiment, the 12th Louisiana Volunteers, which later became the 50th Colored Infantry Regiment. He was appointed chaplain on November 5, 1863, was mustered in on January 18, 1864, and was mustered out on May 15, 1865. During most of his service as chaplain he was located in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Peet returned to Minnesota after the war and settled in Anoka where he died on November 26, 1866.
Peet married Harriet Evens on June 15, 1854. She was born on August 18, 1827. Later she married Charles Jones of Minneapolis. She died in 1914. James and Harriet Peet had two children, Olin F. and Edoline.
Biographical data was taken from the James Peet papers; and from the Methodist Episcopal Church. Minnesota Annual Conference. Session, Minutes of the Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (Red Wing, Minn.: Gazette Book & Job Print., 1856-)and Peet, Harriet E., Memories of the Lonesome Trail (Minneapolis: W.R. Callaway, 1912).
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ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLECTION |
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| These records are divided into the following sections: | ||
| Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, undated and 1854-1871 | ||
| Newspaper Clippings, 1855-1860 | ||
| Sermons | ||
| Diaries, 1855-1865 | ||
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RELATED MATERIALS |
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| Photographs of the Peet family are available in Minnesota Historical Society sound & visual collections. | ||
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INDEX TERMS |
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| This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings. | ||
| Topics: | ||
| Education -- Minnesota. | ||
| Evans family. | ||
| Evens family. | ||
| Frontier and pioneer life -- Minnesota. | ||
| Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin. | ||
| Merritt family. | ||
| Methodist Episcopal Church -- Missions -- Minnesota. | ||
| Methodist Episcopal Church -- Missions -- Wisconsin. | ||
| New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | ||
| New York Juvenile Asylum. | ||
| Peet family. | ||
| United States. Army -- Afro-American troops. | ||
| United States. Army -- Colored Infantry Regiment, 12th. | ||
| United States. Army -- Colored Infantry Regiment, 50th. | ||
| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Afro-American. | ||
| Vicksburg (Miss) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | ||
| Places: | ||
| Anoka (Minn.). | ||
| Bayfield (Wis.). | ||
| Duluth (Minn.). | ||
| Stillwater (Minn.). | ||
| Superior (Wis.). | ||
| Persons: | ||
| Brooks, David, 1803-1891. | ||
| Brooks, Jabez, 1823-1910. | ||
| Carey, John Richard, 1830-1905. | ||
| Chaffee, James Franklin, 1827-1911. | ||
| Culver, Joshua B., 1830-1883. | ||
| Ely, Catherine Bissell, 1817-1889? | ||
| Ely, Edmund Franklin, 1809-1882. | ||
| Felt, Charles. | ||
| Fullerton, Thomas M., 1817- | ||
| Hamlin, Edward Oscar, 1828- | ||
| Hobart, Chauncey, 1811-1904. | ||
| Marvin, Luke, 1820-1880. | ||
| Merritt, Hepzibah Jewett, 1812-1906. | ||
| Merritt, Lewis, 1809-1880. | ||
| Peet, Harriet Evens, ca. 1828-1914. | ||
| Pugh, John. | ||
| Rice, Henry Mower, 1816-1894. | ||
| Roos, Oscar, 1827- | ||
| Wright, William E. | ||
| Types of Documents: | ||
| Diaries. | ||
| Sermons. | ||
| Occupations: | ||
| Missionaries -- Minnesota. | ||
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION |
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| Preferred Citation: | ||
| [Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. James Peet papers. Minnesota Historical Society. | ||
| See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples. | ||
| Accession Information: | ||
| Accession numbers: 2126A; 2170B; 2390; 4271; 6252; 10,805; 15,197 | ||
| Processing Information: | ||
| Processed by: Frank P. Hennessy | ||
| PALS ID number: 09-00027792 | ||
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