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Augustin Ravoux, Minnesota and Iowa Reminiscences
Letters, lectures, and memoirs of a Catholic missionary among the Sioux Indians
Description
Responding to a call from the Roman Catholic Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, Monsignor Augustin Ravoux emigrated from France in 1838. This database is a collection of his reminiscences, letters, lectures, and essays between his arrival and 1862. It provides a record of his ministrations among the Sioux Indians in Minnesota and Iowa. Researchers will also find detailed descriptions of Native American culture and Ravoux's attempts to proselytize members of this important Midwest Indian tribe. To those seeking to better understand the life of a frontier missionary, this database can be intriguing and informative.
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Henry Sibley, Autobiography Unfinished autobiography of Minnesota's first governor, Henry Sibley
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Iowa Marriages, 1851-1900 Index to marriage records from various Iowa counties between 1851 and 1900.
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Minnesota, 1870 Promotional literature for the state of Minnesota including pictures and maps in 1870
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Frank Moore, Reminiscences of St. Paul, Minnesota Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul from the perspective of a newspaper writer.
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Bill Ledyard, Health Benefits of Minnesota Narrative describing the beneficial elements of Minnesota's character and climate
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E. S. Seymour, Sketches of Minnesota Collection of sketches describing Minnesota as the "New England of the West."
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Benton, Meeker, and Todd Counties, Minnesota Farm Directory, 1913-14 An extraction of a farm directory for Benton, Meeker, and Todd counties in Minnesota between 1913 and 1914.
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Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1871-1909 (Part A-K) This database contains names of persons listed in the probate indexes for Middlesex County, Massachusetts, between 1871 and 1909.
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1850 United States Federal Census 1850 United States Federal Census with links to images of the original surviving population schedules.
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Jane Swisshelm, Letters of an Abolitionist Letters written by Jane Swisshelm regarding the abolitionist cause and feminist issues
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