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Preferred Citation:

John Montgomery Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in June 2012.

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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.

Related Material

Travel Literature in the Special Collections Research Center

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Cincinnati (Ohio)--History--19th century
• Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859
• Illinois--History--19th century
• Ohio River
• Steamboat lines--United States
• Voyages and travels--Personal narratives