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Jacob Sturn memoir and related material

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Description: The memoir, which was written in 1945, covers Jacob Sturn's life from his childhood in Austria to his death in California. Joseph M. Sturn discusses in detail his father's experiences as an immigrant in New York City; a coal miner in Davenport, Iowa; a miner in Colorado and Virginia City, Montana (where he joined a vigilance committee); on the Oregon Trail with Russell, Majors & Waddell; in Kansas during the dispute over its statehood; and wheat farming in Rice County, Kansas. Included with the memoir are Jacob Sturn's naturalization records from Iowa and Kansas, which were issued to him in 1856, 1858, and 1860, as well as letters by Joseph M. Sturn, Jr., requesting copies of those records
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1856-1945.
Call number: mssHM 68336-68341
Creator: Sturn, Joseph (1870-)

Jacob W. Waldsmith letter to John Waldsmith

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A handwritten letter (ink on paper) by Jacob Waldsmith to his father John Waldsmith, conveying news from Waldsmith's travels through the Midwest and Great Plains in the autumn of 1857, visiting Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska territories. In the letter, he comments upon the agricultural and economic potential of the region and the turbulent political condition following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. While in Missouri, he describes "The land is rich and productive...This I verily believe would soon be one of the foremost states in our union for agriculture if it was not for the damnable curse called slavery, the agitation of which has been rageing in this part of the country..."

mssHM 75847

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Edgar Jacob letters to family

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Four of these letters are written by Edgar Jacob (1883) to his family back in England. His letters were written from Rimouski, Québec, Iowa, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Tejon Ranch and Bakersfield, California. In his letters from Salt Lake City Edgar describes the city, talks about the Mormons and the building of their Tabernacle. Edgar also discusses Americans, their customs and religion. His last letter was written while visiting his brother Augustus at Bakersfield and the Tejon Ranch region (after he had taken up ranching). Edgar talks about ranch life, the sheep, the Indians living near the ranch and General Edward Beale. The three letters by Augustus Jacob (1873-1874) were written to his father and sister Edith from San Francisco and Laguna Ranch, California. He talks about the people he meets, life in California and the sights he sees. He also writes in great detail about ranch life and sheep raising in California and his trip from Jamaica to San Francisco.

mssHM 70984-70990

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My story: memoir :

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A photocopy of a privately printed memoir of Anna Grace Evans, who, at the time of printing, was 108 years old. The memoir begins with a history of her parents and continues through her own life and the lives of her husband and children. She describes growing up at the end of the 19th century in the American West, especially in Kansas and Colorado. Though her father was a shoemaker and her family usually lived in town, Evans goes into great detail about farm life, cowboys, ranching, Native Americans, and the challenge of trying to survive in a sometimes-hostile climate; but Evans also relates many stories of going to church, to dances, and enjoying a busy social life in the places where she lived. The memoir ends with a detailed timeline of events in her husband's life which includes important dates for Anna Grace and the other members of the family. Though the original memoir was printed in 1981, it is not noted when this photocopy was made or by whom.

mssHM 84104

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Jacob Jacoby pardon material

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Items include: Jacob Jacoby, Camp Douglas, Illinois, autograph letter signed to wife and family, 1863 August 18 (HM 23921); Jacob Jacoby, Camp Douglas, Illinois, autograph letter signed to James S. Jacoby, 1863 August 24 (HM 23931); C.S. Brent, Paris, Kentucky, autograph document signed petition for release of Jacob Jacoby, 1863 September 11 (HM 2254); George W. Williams autograph document signed petition for the release of Jacob Jacoby, 1863 September 11, with added P.A. Prall autograph note signed (HM 23932); Brutus J. Clay, Paris, Kentucky, autograph letter signed to Commissary General of Prisoners William Hoffman, Washington, D.C., 1863 September 13 (HM 23922); James S. Jacoby letter signed to Commissary General of Prisoners William Hoffman, Washington, D.C., approximately 1863 September 15 (HM 23930); envelope labeled "Jacob Jacoby" and endorsed by Abraham Lincoln with "File, A.L., Sep. 19. 1863." (HM 2253). (14 pages)

HM 2253, HM 2254, HM 23921, HM 23922, HM 23930, HM 23931, HM 23932

Jacob Jacoby pardon material

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Jean Frederic Loba memoirs

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This typescript was dictated by Jean Frederic Loba beginning on January 3, 1899 and was completed just before his death in 1915. His memoir provides accounts of the following: his early childhood in Switzerland, growing up in Lausanne and Ouchy; his family's conversion to Mormonism; their emigration to the United States and the hardships of their travel to Utah; his dissatisfaction with and criticisms of the Mormon life they found there; details of his family's escape from Utah; his work life in Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois; his activities in the Missouri Veteran Volunteer Cavalry; his education at Olivet College; his travel to Switzerland in 1875; and his pastoral activities in Illinois and Michigan.

mssHM 66751

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