A Guide to the Amos F. Barnes Letters


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Barnes, Amos F.
	Title	Amos F. Barnes Letters
	Dates:	1848
	Abstract	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.
	Extent	1/2 in.
	Language	Materials are in English.
	Repository	Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

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.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

Detailed Description of the Collection

Amos F. Barnes Letters

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Letter describing Barnes' trip across the mountains from Cumberland, including his illness and conditions aboard the stage, November 26, 1848

Letter from Louisville as Barnes waits to board the steamship Mohegan for passage to New Orleans, November 29, 1848

Letter from New Orleans with detailed description of the river journey aboard the steamship General Lafayette, which replaced the disabled Mohegan, December 8, 1848

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

Letter to Amos Barnes from his niece, Mary, and his wife, Nancy, describing life in Connecticut, December 19, 1848

Transcripts of the letters above from Amos Barnes to his wife.