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

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Diary kept by an unidentified person on a journey from New York to Dubuque, Wisconsin Territory, 1836.

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.21 linear foot (1 volume)
Summary
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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Genre/Form
Diaries – 19th Century.
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  • Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Call Number
MssCol 786
OCLC
768198152
Title
Diary kept by an unidentified person on a journey from New York to Dubuque, Wisconsin Territory, 1836.
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Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Research Call Number
MssCol 786
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