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Daniel Lyman Chandler papers, 1855-1866

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Title Daniel Lyman Chandler papers, 1855-1866

Creator Chandler, Daniel Lyman, b. 1814

Date 1855-1866

Place Kansas, Middle West, United States, Illinois--Chicago

Language English

Subjects Abolitionists, Migration, Internal, Families

Summary Twelve letters of New Englander Daniel Lyman Chandler from Chicago, Illinois, and Ogden, Kansas, to his relatives,1855-1863, which describe life in Chicago and in the Kansas Territory.

Biographical/Historical Note Chicago hostler and Kansas farmer.

Extent 0.1 cubic ft. ( 2 folders)

Format Correspondence, Sources, Manuscripts

User-Contributed Transcription Champlain is very irregular shaped, with its numerous capes and promontories, picturesque islands and indented bays. But you will say that I have written enough about Vt. Well then, I tarried the first night at a hotel at Rouses point after leaving Shirley. The Village looks as if it had been shook out of a mammoth pepper box, for the houses stand right down there, anywhere, no matter where. They stand all angles, to the street, but then variety is the spice of life, though to me, the aspect was somwhat forbidding. We passed over the Ogdensburgh rail road to Ogdensburg on the river St. Lawrence The distance is one hundred and eighteen miles. It passes through a level fertile country, though it is very sparsly settled as yet. On the rout I noticed one lady, emploied in the lady-like occupation of digging potatoes. She had quite a pile, and had it been conveniet I would have asked her how they turned out, and where her worser half was. But I suppose that the conductor would have considered my curiosty wholly unjustifiable, and would have refused to stop, had I asked him. At Ogdensburg, I went aboard the British steamer Europe bound to Toronto Canada west, I could have gone aboard the American Steamer Ontario but I preferred the John Bull. The reason was, because I wanted to get better acquainted with our northern couisins. We touched at Prescott on the Canada side a beautiful town, of patriot notoriety. Afterwards at Rockvill, Coburg, and Port Hope, all on the Canada side of lake Ontario. We were followed closely by the steamer Ontario and after leaving Port Hope, it was evident that she meant to pass us. This rather nettled the Canadian captain of the Europe, and I had some fears, that there was to be a race, but he wisely let the Ontario pass, and bore the hurrahs from the American steamer with a very good grace, only remarking as they went by "they have done it, let them go." But the girls, the young Miss Bulls, were indignant to be beat by the Yankees, and wanted to have the captain to let on more steam But says I, are you willing to run the risk of being blown sky high, for the sake of whipping the Yankees, "Yes Indeed" says she. "to be sure I would." Thus it is with women, they are ever willing to run greater risks than the men are, rather then be thwarted in the object of there ambition. I appeal to you if what I

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Call Number Midwest MS 128

BibID 998179168805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 4773px × 6083px 166.17 MB

Filename 998179168805867_midwest_ms_0128_fl_00001_000006.tif

Unique Identifier NL12X4KJ

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