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Osmund Olsen Helgeland notebook, 1848
- Title
- Osmund Olsen Helgeland notebook, 1848
- Identifier
- P1594
- Date
- 1848
- Creator
- Helgeland, Osmund
- Description
- Notebook written during October and November 1848 at Lisbon, Kendall county, Illinois. The writer is probably 1846 immigrant no. 452 in Naeseth. Naeseth conjectures he is the Ommund Olsen (Feb. 17, 1817-Sept. 24, 1889) buried in the Scandinavian Cemetery, Summitville, Iowa.; Lloyd Hustvedt noted some of the principal subjects: the author is telling about his life since immigrating, having worked for farmers in Wisconsin and Illinois. In 1847 he visited a small Norwegian settlement in St. Joseph, Missouri.
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Type
- Notebook
Citation
Helgeland, Osmund, “Osmund Olsen Helgeland notebook, 1848,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 20, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10880.