Series: 31 Y (Volume 31)
Scope and Content Note: A large manuscript volume entitled by Hinde “Notes: Philosophical Enquiries & Western Researches.” Written in 1830-1832 with alterations and annotations made in 1844, the first portion of this volume contains religious and philosophical thoughts, poetry, a song on the horrors of the slave trade, scattered dated notes and diary entries, an essay on Indian chiefs Logan and Little Turtle, recollections of the Reverend John Sales of Ohio and of Mrs. Charity Hendershott. The bulk of the volume, however, is composed of Hinde's autobiographical memoirs covering his life from birth until 1831-1832. Several of his pseudonyms are attached to writings in this notebook: “Theophilus Arminius,” “Pilgrim Pioneer,” and “A Western Christian Pioneer.”