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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
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Manuscript Collection
Gallus Ruegg diary and account book
Collection
Identifier: MS-SC4018
Scope and Contents
Gallus Ruegg (c. 1845-1914) was a bookkeeper who immigrated to the United States from Switzerland in 1869. Ruegg lived in Butschwil, Switzerland before he came to Hoboken, New Jersey in August 1869. He moved to Chicago, Illinois in September of the same year, where he was joined by his brother Paul. Paul Ruegg struggled to find work in Chicago and instead moved to Nebraska in December 1869, and Gallus followed several months later. By the 1880s, Gallus Ruegg had moved to California, living in...
Dates:
1869 - 1870
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Scully Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC731
Abstract
Family of William and Enriqueta Scully who came from Ireland to America in 1850 and was oneof the largest landowners in Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas.
Dates:
Created: 1781-2001; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2003
Found in:
Manuscript Collection