Frontier and pioneer life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
Travel diary
Collection — Folder S1525
Identifier: S1525
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a travel diary written on both sides of one sheet of paper by an unknown man from Wells County, Indiana. Dated from June 26 to July 4, 1852, the author chronicles his trip from Margaret Krewson's house in Wells County to the communities of Uniontown, Zanesville, and Roanoke and notes some of his activities following his return to the Krewson's house. His narrative mentions several people he visited, including James and Margaret Barrett, Peter Mulrine, and William...
Dates:
1852
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Travel diary
W. S. Ward diary
Collection — Folder S1360
Identifier: S1360
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photostat copy of a diary from W. S. Ward, written in 1839 diary regarding his trip on a flatboard from New Albany, Indiana to New Orleans, Louisiana.
Dates:
1839
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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W. S. Ward diary
Waller Taylor letters
Collection — Folder S1287
Identifier: S1287
Scope and Contents
This collection includes copies of letters from the John C. Short papers in the Library of Congress from November 4, 1812, to May 16, 1815, plus one letter dated December 15, 1816, which was typed and donated by Dorothy Riker. The letters are addressed to John C. Short in Cincinnati, Ohio. The 1816 letter is to Major Edmund H. Taylor, receiver of public monies in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Dates:
1812-1816
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Waller Taylor letters
Waterman family papers
Collection
Identifier: L174
Scope and Contents
This collection contains copies of the papers and documents of the Waterman Family. Also included are copies of the correspondences between Elijah and Thomas Waterman.
Dates:
1829-1896
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Waterman family papers
William Deputy collection
Collection — Folder S0356
Identifier: S0356
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed copies of reminiscences from William Deputy (1879-1885), genealogical information about the Deputy family from Morenci Robertson Wells (1939), and a history of Jennings County by Alice Bundy (1936) in Indiana, ranging from 1879 to 1939 regarding the Deputy family, Jennings County, and life in early Indiana.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William Deputy collection
William Dixon collection
Collection — Folder S1883
Identifier: S1883
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three items: a page from an account book containing debit entries from October 12, 1840 to March 30, 1841 of Samuel and Solomon Dixson with Thomas Lemon and M. C. Hartley; an unfolded paper used as an envelope bearing the address "Mr. William Dixon, Fairplay P.O., Green County, Indiana" and sent by W.A. Gorman (undated); and a swatch of blue checked gingham.
Dates:
1840-1841, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William Dixon collection
William Harris letter
Collection — Folder S0597
Identifier: S0597
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photostat copy of a September 8, 1817 letter sent by Deputy Surveyor William Harris to Surveyor General Edward Tiffin. The letter was written from Cincinnati and is a preliminary report regarding the survey Harris was conducting of the western and northwestern borders of Ohio and describes his difficulties surveying the area due to the weather, the swamp lands he found impassible for his horses, and his health issues. The collection also contains a photostat copy of a...
Dates:
1817/09/08
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William Harris letter
William Prince papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1084
Scope and Contents
The collection consists largely of correspondence and documents recording payments during William Prince’s time as Indian agent at Vincennes, Indiana.
There is also a land grant belonging to Prince dated February 27, 1813 (OB174).
There is also a land grant belonging to Prince dated February 27, 1813 (OB174).
Dates:
1813-1834
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William Prince papers
