urn:taro:utexas.cah.00535 A Guide to the Amos F. Barnes Letters The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Austin, Texas
December 2006 December 2006Encoded in XMetal 3 by Evan Hocker according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Barnes, Amos F. Amos F. Barnes Letters 1848 1/2 in. Materials are in English. Letters from Connecticut businessman Amos F. Barnes to his wife describing his travels across land by stagecoach and then down the Mississippi River aboard the steamship General Lafayette. Scope and Contents

Letters from Connecticut businessman Amos F. Barnes to his wife describing his travels across land by stagecoach and then down the Mississippi River aboard the steamship General Lafayette.

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Amos F. Barnes Letters, 1848, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Amos F. Barnes Letters 3C63 Letter describing Barnes' trip across the mountains from Cumberland, including his illness and conditions aboard the stage, November 26, 1848 3C63 Letter from Louisville as Barnes waits to board the steamship Mohegan for passage to New Orleans, November 29, 1848 3C63 Letter from New Orleans with detailed description of the river journey aboard the steamship General Lafayette, which replaced the disabled Mohegan, December 8, 1848 3C63 Letter from New Orleans describing the city as "a miserable dirty hole" and expressing Barnes' strong desire to return home to his family and friends. Includes mention of business and social affairs, as well as the menace of cholera, December 17, 1848 3C63 Letter to Amos Barnes from his niece, Mary, and his wife, Nancy, describing life in Connecticut, December 19, 1848 3C63 Transcripts of the letters above from Amos Barnes to his wife.