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Lars Bastiansen Eide letter, circa 1860
- Title
- Lars Bastiansen Eide letter, circa 1860
- Identifier
- P0075
- Date
- circa 1860
- Creator
- Eide, Lars B.
- Description
- Letter written in Skånevik, Hordaland, Norway by Lars Eide to his children, Lars, Britha, and Margrethe in America. Britha, married to Ole Berhow (Berhaug), immigrated (1858) first to Illinois and then to Iowa in 1860.
Contents:
Lars Bastiansen Eide Letter, undated
Location:
1/A/5 - Extent
- 1 folder
- Language
- Norwegian
- Subject
- Berhow, Britha L. (Mrs. Ole)
- Berhow, Joseph
- Eide, Lars B.
- Eide, Lars L.
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Hordaland fylke (Norway)
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Minnesota
- Norway--Emigration and immigration
- Rights
- Rights undetermined.
- Type
- Correspondence
Collection
Citation
Eide, Lars B., “Lars Bastiansen Eide letter, circa 1860,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/9709.