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Oct 25, 2014 · Margaret Van Horn Dwight. Margaret Van Horn Dwight was born Dec. 29, 1790 into a famous family. She was the great-granddaughter of theologian Jonathan Edwards, and the niece of Timothy Dwight, president of Yale. She would have a famous descendant, the best-selling novelist Winston Churchill. Her father, a doctor, died in 1796.
Dwight, Margaret Van Horn, 1790-1834 -- Diaries, United States -- Description and travel, Atlantic States -- Description and travel, Pennsylvania -- Description and travel, Ohio -- Description and travel Publisher Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive ...
[The author of this journal was Margaret Van Horn Dwight, born December 29, 1790. She was the daughter of Doctor Maurice William Dwight, a younger brother of President Timothy Dwight.
Jul 9, 2007 · A journey to Ohio in 1810 as recorded in the journal of Margaret Van Horn Dwight by Bell, Margaret Van Horn (Dwight), Mrs., 1790-1834 ; Farrand, Max, 1869-1945
About the Book. In his introduction, Jay Gitlin, a professor of history at Yale University, says more about Margaret Van Horn Dwight's wagon journey in 1810 from New Haven, Connecticut, to Warren, Ohio, where she would find a husband, bear thirteen children, and die in middle-age.
May 16, 2011 · Three years later, in 1810, Margaret Dwight left New Haven to go to her cousins in Warren, Ohio. It was doubtless there that she met Mr. Bell, whom she married, December 17, 1811, a year after her arrival. William Bell, Jr., was born in Ireland, February 11, 1781, and after 1815 he was a wholesale merchant in Pittsburgh.
Dec 2, 2019 · Dwight's journal provides valuable insights into the social and cultural landscape of the time, making it a valuable resource for scholars and history enthusiasts alike. Margaret Van Horn Dwight, a well-educated and perceptive individual, embarked on this journey due to her husband's business endeavors in Ohio.
