Trip to the far west
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- Created Date
- 1856-01-11/1856-05-07
- Description
Bound diary documenting Joseph Sumner's travels by rail and steamboat around Northeastern US, beginning and ending in Boston and visiting Detroit, Chicago, Burlington (IO), St. Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and New York from 1856-01-11/1856-05-07. Details train timings and miles travelled as well as information on the landscape (prairies, rock formations, timber) and weather conditions. Settling for the longest in Burlington, Sumner records lec...
- Creator
Sumner, Joseph, fl.1832-1856
- Contributing Institution
- Newberry Library
- Subjects
- Railroads
Railroad trains
Transportation
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company (1848-1867)
Travel
Lectures and lecturing
Alcohol
Music
Darwin, C. Ben
Morse, Howard - Location
- Massachusetts--Boston
Michigan--Detroit
Illinois--Chicago
Michigan
Illinois--Rock Island
Mississippi River
Iowa--Davenport
Iowa--Dubuque
Iowa--Burlington
Iowa--Montrose
Quincy
Missouri--Saint Louis
Ohio--Cincinnati
Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
New York (State)
United States - Type
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- DiariesObservation
- Rights
- The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to the following terms and conditions: https://www.newberry.org/rights-and-reproductions
- Chicago citation style
- Sumner, Joseph, fl.1832-1856. Trip to the far west. 1856-01-11/1856-05-07. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/31462. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Sumner, Joseph, fl.1832-1856, (1856-01-11/1856-05-07) Trip to the far west. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/31462
- MLA citation style
- Sumner, Joseph, fl.1832-1856. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/31462>.