Josiah Snelling papers: Josiah Snelling journal and correspondence.

Titles: Josiah Snelling papers: Josiah Snelling journal and correspondence. (Supplied title)

Description: This personal diary documents events both significant and mundane in the life of Colonel Josiah Snelling, commanding officer at Fort Snelling from 1821-1825, and again from 1825-1827 before his death in 1828. The majority of the journal's entries encompass the spring and summer of 1827. They are supplemented by miscellaneous entries and memos dated 1825-1828. Among them are a speech by the Ojibwe chief Strong Earth, a statement of conditions for a duel, ledgers of debts Snelling paid and incurred, a reference to the re-burial of Snelling's deceased daughter, Elizabeth, and a few detachment orders.

Dates

• Not earlier than 1816 - Not later than 1828 (Content)

Creation

• author: Snelling, Colonel Josiah R.
• about: Taliaferro, Lawrence
• about: Campbell, Duncan
• about: Langham, E. T.

Identifiers

• View in Library & Archives Catalog
• Locator Number: Reserve 9
• Finding Aid ID: 00824.xml

Notes

• Josiah Snelling papers, 1779-1828. View finding aid at: http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00824.xml

Holding Type: Manuscripts - Component - Reserve

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: text

Subjects

Locations

• Name: Fort Snelling Commandant's House (Building #1), Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States