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Steamboats -- United States -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Newk letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311455]
Identifier: MSS SC 1367
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter unclearly signed and dated. The item describes the travels of the writer aboard the steamboat "Hickman," a visit to the "Duponts" artesian well in New Albany, Indiana, the flooding of certain areas along the river, and the writer's impressions of the countryside of Kentucky that borders on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

Dates: 1850
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Newk letter

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