Middle West -- Description and travel.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Joy family journals
Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6014
Abstract
Diary of Arad Joy (1812-1813) discusses events during his service in the War of 1812 including punishment of deserters, living conditions, a visit to Niagra Falls, a skirmish, and duties as paymaster. The travel journals of Henry Joy (1844) relate details of his trip through the Midwest, including accommodations, a meeting with a former senator from Ohio, Mr. Spaulding, and a sermon by Harriet Beecher Stowe's husband, Dr. Calvin Stowe, discussion of the Pennsylvania Dutch and their farming...
Dates:
1812-1813, 1844.
Merritt family papers
Collection
Identifier: 39J
Abstract
Letters and ledgers from various members of the Merritt family.
Dates:
1841-1893.