Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts & Archives

ANNA L. BEMENT
LETTER, CA. 1850


Collection #
SC 2422


Table of Contents

User information
Scope and Content note
Cataloguing information

Processed by
Charles Latham
13 April 1994


USER INFORMATION

VOLUMNE OF COLLECTION: 1 item

COLLECTION DATE: ca 1850

PROVENANCE: Unknown

RESTRICTIONS: None

REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society

ALTERNATE FORMATS: None

OTHER FINDING AIDS: None

RELATED HOLDINGS: None

ACCESSION NUMBER: 94.0523x


SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection contains one item, a letter written about 1850 by Anna L. Bement in Vincennes, Indiana, to William H. Law in Evansville. She describes her trip with her husband from Evansville to Vincennes, first by boat up the Wabash River to the rapids, then by hiring a wagon and buying a pair of horses. There is some discussion of future travel by boat if the river should rise. Though some at Vincennes think the town will soon outdistance Evansville, she "would not live here," feeling that Evansville was Paris in comparison.


CATALOGUING INFORMATION

MAIN ENTRY: Bement, Anna L.

SUBJECT ENTRIES: Bement, Anna L.

Law, William H.

Travelers--Indiana

Women travelers--Indiana

Travelers--Wabash River

River boats--Indiana

Wabash River--Description and travel

Vincennes (Ind.)

Evansville (Ind.)

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