Diary kept by an unidentified person on a journey from New York to Dubuque, Wisconsin Territory

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{"value"=>"Diary kept by an unidentified person on a journey from New York to Dubuque, Wisconsin Territory"}

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{"value"=>"1836", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1836"}

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{"value"=>"Diary kept by an unidentified person on a journey from New York to South Amboy, N.J. by boat, proceeding by train to Bordenton, by boat to Philadelphia; by rail to Columbia, P.A.; canal to Hollidaysburg; train to Johnstown and canal to Pittsburgh; by boat to St. Louis via Wheeling, Cincinnati, and Louisville; then by riverboat on the Mississippi River to Dubuque, Wisconsin Territory. Describes seeing Indians and visiting Fort Armstrong at Rock Island en route; mentions Henry Dodge, Governor of the Wisconsin Territory, as a fellow passenger; attendance at a dinner in honor of Dodge in Dubuque; visit to Julian Dubuque's grave; and seeing the laying of the cornerstone for first Presbyterian Church in Wisconsin Territory. Diary ends in Dubuque, where entry shows writer became a clerk for S. Shepherd & Co. Lists expenses of the trip and distances between points"}

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1836

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1836

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1836

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{"value"=>"Diary kept by an unidentified person on a journey from New York to Dubuque, Wisconsin Territory, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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.21 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1836

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1836

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