Flatboats
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Dillingham letter
Collection — Folder S1840
Identifier: S1840
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter written by John Dillingham at Cincinnati, Ohio and sent to Lemuel Bassett of Lee, Massachusetts. Written between April 20 and May 1, 1823, the letter comments on the reading society in Lee, family education in the absence of common schools, slavery, river travel by flatboat, and the increasing use of steamboats and the building of these vessels in Cincinnati. He also discusses Christianity and other related topics and mentions "Uncle Hyde" and later Dr. Hyde,...
Dates:
1823
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Dillingham letter
Rollinson family reminiscences
Collection — Folder S2208
Identifier: S2208
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typewritten copies of "From Indiana to Arkansas by Flatboat, 1873 by Charles Perry Rollison and Party," a reminiscence by Thaddeus W. Rollison and dated March 19, 1937, and "Flatboat Trip from Indiana to Arkansas of William A. Rollison and Party Sunday, June 1, 1873," James Davis Rollison's recollections of his trip written down in the fall of 1906. Along with some family biographical information, the two reminiscences contain descriptions of the flatboats and how they...
Dates:
1906-1937
