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Montgomery, John

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

John Montgomery Diary

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00650
Scope and Contents

Diary, 1860, of John Montgomery of Wheeling, Virginia. Diary primarily concerns Montgomery's travel on various steamboats from Wheeling to Hennepin, Illinois and includes stops in St. Louis, Missouri, and Cincinnati, Ohio. Includes information on the public reaction to John Brown, crime on steamboats, animals seen while on the river, and observations about the relationship between rivers and the economy, among many other topics.

Dates: 1860