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Amelia Roberts journal
Collection — Box: 72
Identifier: MS-SC1278
Scope and Contents
Descriptive diary of trip by waterways through Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Travels to Charleston, Pekin, Peoria, and to Spoon River. Attends some social activities. Describes a storm and finding a boat wreck while on the river, how helpful the husbands are to wives in the west and several encounters with Indians. Returned to New York via Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Buffalo and on to New York. Includes typed transcript.
Dates:
Created: 1835
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Frederick S. Mojonnier diary of a voyage to America
Collection — Box: 60
Identifier: MS-SC1059
Scope and Contents
Typed transcript of diary kept by Mojonnier on the family's trip. Briefly details each day of their trip by stage, sleigh and train to Havre, France where they spent several days before sailing. On board ship he details the weather, any family problems, passenger problems, sea life they observe, a ship wreck and their entrance into the Mississippi with the help of a tug boat. He describes the boat they take to St. Louis and the sights he sees along the way.
Dates:
Created: Undated
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Harriet Newton Terhune reminiscences of pioneer days in LaSalle County
Collection — Box: 70
Identifier: MS-SC1258
Scope and Contents
Handwritten memoir. At the age of 92, recalls trip from New York via covered wagon and passing through Chicago "one house only", building their house on the prairie, problems getting supplies, what they ate, maintaining a tinder to start fires, and starting a prairie fire by accident, making candles, stage coaches passing by, and seeing the first passenger train.
Dates:
Created: March 27, 1918
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Hiram Root letter
Collection — Box: 74
Identifier: MS-SC1299
Scope and Contents
Letter to Ormail Clarke in Oswego, New York telling him of the great opportunity in Illinois i.e. cost of land, quality of land, wages and "handsome flats or meadows called prairies". Tells him to come and to tell Dr. Tyler they will want him as soon as possible.
Dates:
Created: July 20, 1818
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Jason Robbins papers (Rushville, Illinois)
Collection — Box: 75
Identifier: MS-SC1311
Scope and Contents
Four letters to Jason Robbins discuss Illinois land, its fertility and beauty. Discuss land, crop and livestock prices. Mention trip from Ohio and family back there. Some anecdotes about life on the prairie and the people settling there.
Dates:
Created: 1835 - 1836
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
John Phelps reminiscences
Collection — Box: 66
Identifier: MS-SC1169
Scope and Contents
Typed transcript of reminiscences tell of his numerous journeys, businesses and successes and losses. Tells of his long journey from Virginia to New Orleans to meet with his regiment in time to fight in the Battle of New Orleans. Discusses his numerous business ventures including building a raft to take whiskey to St. Louis to sell using a crew of novice sailors. His business with the lead mines in Galena, Ill. Mentions interactions with Thomas Carlin, a relative of his wife; Governor Reynolds...
Dates:
Created: 1874
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
John Reynolds papers
Collection — Box: 70
Identifier: MS-SC1264
Scope and Contents
Six letters, 1823-1854, to Reynolds family in Tennessee discusses family news, land conditions in Illinois, some of his land deals and current events on a state and national level, including his swearing in as governor, the Illinois Michigan Canal, railroads and his allegiance to Jackson. Letter, July 1829, to J.M. Peck re: running for governor and Peck's school and work. Letter, May 1831, re: Meeting at Vandalia in June to select seminary lands probably along the canal route. Letter, July 8,...
Dates:
Created: 1823 - 1858
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Lyman Meacham letter
Collection — Box: 59
Identifier: MS-SC1023
Scope and Contents
July 24, 1879 letter to General John A. McClernand regarding his service in the Black Hawk War and his remembrance of the wilderness of the prairie when he first traveled through it. Sent in response to a request for information re: men who had served in that war.
Dates:
Created: July 24, 1879
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Reminiscences of pioneer life in Illinois, ca. 1830-1860
Collection — Box: 70
Identifier: MS-SC1257
Scope and Contents
Typescript of reminiscences of life in Illinois during the 1830's and 1840's. Gives some genealogical information about his family in Scotland and their first coming to the U.S. Relates stories of living on the prairie, the extreme cold of 1832, building their first house, living off the land and among the Indians and numerous related problems. Recounts stories of bees, wild hogs, rattle snakes and rabid dogs. Tells about building the first school, the teachers, and anecdotes about attending a...
Dates:
Created: Undated.
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Sarah F. (Prescott) Sleeper letters
Collection — Box: 80
Identifier: MS-SC1405
Scope and Contents
Letters to her family, the James Prescotts of Deerfield Center, New Hampshire. The first is sent from Livingston Falls, Maine and makes references to the war and the draft and advises that she would "skedadle to Canada". The next three letters are from Illinois and discuss family and friends and the differences between the farms, the climate, the roads, cost of living and the illnesses in Illinois and New England. Describes Lincoln's funeral as "wicked to spend so much money in such a way."...
Dates:
Created: 1863 - 1865
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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