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Journey by way of Buffalo and the lakes to the falls of St. Anthony and return thence by way of St. Louis and the Ohio River in the autumn of 1845

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Title Journey by way of Buffalo and the lakes to the falls of St. Anthony and return thence by way of St. Louis and the Ohio River in the autumn of 1845

Creator Moore, Nathaniel Fish, 1782-1872

Date 1845

Language English

Place Great Lakes, Illinois--Chicago, Middle West, Mississippi River, Northeastern States

Subjects Coaching (Transportation), Lake steamers, River steamers

Description Cover title.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Formerly known as Ayer MS 607b or 607.6.
In box with title: Nathaniel Fish Moore.
Published as: Diary : a trip from New York to the falls of St. Anthony in 1845 / edited by Stanley Pargellis and Ruth Lapham Butler. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1946.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary Diary kept by Moore on his July 3 - Sept. 20, 1845, excursion from New York City to the Mississippi. Entries contain full descriptions of steamboat travel aboard the Empire, Great Western, Champion, Cecilia, Atlas, and Senate, noting hazards such as snags, the use of lighters and other means to negotiate low water, cargo transport, repairs undertaken enroute, accomodations, etc. Moore describes cities and towns (Chicago, Galena, Nauvoo, and St. Louis) and encounters and conversations with ships' crews, passengers, and local residents (Jospeh Throckmorton, Alexander Jones, John E. Fletcher, Pierre Chouteau, James Harrison, John Lawrence Le Conte). He also notes interesting mineral deposits and the filthy conditions prevailing at rural roadside taverns and lodgings.

Biographical/Historical Note Professor, librarian, and president of Columbia College (N.Y.), 1842-1849. Having unsuccessfully attempted in May, 1845, to resign a college presidency assumed out of a sense of duty, Nathaniel Fish Moore escaped in July, 1845, for a six-week tour to the upper Mississippi. Sixty-three years old, Moore travelled by steamboat, train, and stage up the Hudson River and west to Buffalo, across the Great Lakes to Detroit and Chicago, west to Galena, up the Mississippi to St. Peter and down to St. Louis, southwest to the Missouri iron country, up the Ohio River, and home to New York.

Extent 1 v. (89 p.) ; 20 cm

Format Diaries, Manuscripts, Travel literature

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

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BibID 991320558805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Manifest

Filename 991320558805867_Ayer_MS_3136

Unique Identifier NL11K1KN

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