Contributed by Westport Island History Committee
Description
Valentine Tarbox, while a student at Kents Hill School, writes to his older sister with news of his health and his classes and to inquire about his father's health. Valentine, age 12, has likely just started his first year of boarding school.
Kents Hill School, Readfield, ME, formally opened with the title Maine Wesleyan Seminary in the spring of 1824. The declaration of purpose for the school was "instruction to youth in the principles of experimental Christian religion, theology, literature and a practical knowledge of agriculture and mechanical arts".
Valentine and Sarah Tarbox are two of the children of Mary "Polly" and Samuel Tarbox. Samuel Tarbox was a wealthy landowner, fishing and shipping merchant, and town official in Westport Island, ME.
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About This Item
- Title: Letter to Sarah Tarbox from brother Valentine, 1840
- Creator: Valentine C. Tarbox
- Creation Date: 1840-08-26
- Subject Date: 1840-08-26
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Locations:
- Westport Island, Lincoln County, ME
- Readfield, Kennebec County, ME
- Kents Hill, Kennebec County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 25 cm x 39.5 cm
- Local Code: TarSar.Doc.8-1.1840
- Collection: Sarah Tarbox Letters
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Schools--Maine--Kents Hill
- Students--Maine--Kents Hill
- Education--Maine--Kents Hill
- Health--Maine--Kents Hill
People
- Batty,
- Greenleaf, Wilmot
- Hannamen,
- Lothrup,
- Tarbox, Benjamin Franklin
- Tarbox, Sarah P.
- Tarbox, Valentine C.
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For more information about this item, contact:
Westport Island History Committee6 Fowles Point Road, Westport Island, ME 04578
(207) 882-8477
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