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Size | 1 volume |
Abstract | Microfilm of diary of John Forsyth of Aledo, Mercer County, Ill., kept on a wagon journey from Denver, Colo., to his home, 23 July-30 August 1861. Forsyth described the flora, fauna, farms, and towns he observed on the trip, following a route along the Platte River into Nebraska across the Missouri River at Plattsmouth, Neb., into southern Iowa, across the Mississippi River at New Boston, Ill., and then to Aledo, Ill. |
Creator | Forsyth, John, fl. 1861. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Dawne Howard Lucas, June 2021
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Microfilm of diary of John Forsyth of Aledo, Mercer County, Ill., kept on a wagon journey from Denver, Colo., to his home, 23 July-30 August 1861. Forsyth described the flora, fauna, farms, and towns he observed on the trip, following a route along the Platte River into Nebraska across the Missouri River at Plattsmouth, Neb., into southern Iowa, across the Mississippi River at New Boston, Ill., and then to Aledo, Ill.
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