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Letter , Adamsville, Mich., to John A. Sweetman, Charlton, Saratoga Co., N.Y., 1837 Dec. 16 (NBY 8145)
Summary
Letter from recent Adamsville, Mich., immigrant and school teacher, James L. Parent, to his friend, John A. Sweetman, back home in Charlton, N.Y., requesting news, and describing Adamsville and his recent trip through Illinois to the Mississippi River at the mouth of the Rock River. Includes descriptions of sparsely settled Illinois prairie lands and of flooded plains surrounding Chicago.
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Date
16/12/1837
Source
The Newberry Library
Copyright info
Public Domain
