Excerpt from "Vicissitudes in the Wilderness," the journal of Peggy Dow.
In the excerpt Peggy Dow discusses passing through present-day Alabama with her husband, Lorenzo, an itinerant preacher from Connecticut. She describes the landscape, accommodations, traveling conditions, and acquaintances met along the way. She also mentions her anxiety while moving through Creek I...
| Format: | Electronic |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/1826 |
| Summary: | In the excerpt Peggy Dow discusses passing through present-day Alabama with her husband, Lorenzo, an itinerant preacher from Connecticut. She describes the landscape, accommodations, traveling conditions, and acquaintances met along the way. She also mentions her anxiety while moving through Creek Indian territory. Published in 1833, the journal was written in the 1810s. |
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