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Remarks on the centennial of the New Madrid earthquakes

Manuscripts

Remarks on the centennial of the New Madrid earthquakes

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Description: A typescript copy of Rep. Russell's remarks on the House floor regarding the centennial of the New Madrid earthquakes. Attached is a copy of the letter from Eliza Bryan (1780-1866) to Lorenzo Dow (1816, Mar. 22), one of the most important eyewitness accounts of the earthquakes. Russell requested that the letter that "was recently published in the Dunklin Count Democrat, but so far as I know has never been published in any history," be inserted in the Congressional Record "in order to preserve it for future generations and in the interest of correct history."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1911, December 16.
Call number: mssHM 69804
Creator: Russell, Joseph James (1854-1922)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Stamp of "U.S. Engineer Office. Room 710. Army Building, New York, N.Y." Inscribed: "Major J.H.R. Rollins. Keokuk. With best regards E.H. Jones. Thought this would interest you."

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Provenance

Gift of C. W. Pickens, July 1987.

Dimensions

31 cm :

Associated people

Bryan, Eliza, (1780-1866.)

Dow, Lorenzo, (1777-1834,)

Associated organization

United States.

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