Galena, Illinois — Mentions Brisbeau, agent of the American Fur Company. Chartered a team “owned by a N.H. yankee named Folsom” who took him to Platteville. Accompanied by Rev. Barnes[?] and his son. Met his friend and classmate Eaton at Lancaster. Mentions Rev. John Lewis, pastor of a church in Platteville. Mentions the Platteville mounds. Mentions the miners in the vicinity of Galena: “These miners are a very peculiar people. They are addicted both to habits of gambling & intemperance. When they get any money by digging they are sure to lose it at the gaming table or to spend it for drink.” Left Antoinette at Mr. Magoun’s and took the stage to Dubuque., 1848 July 8

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The collection contains a typescript copy of a diary of Rev. Charles Peabody, May 21– September 11, 1846; a diary of Rev. Peabody, October 12, 1846–July 25, 1849, while he traveled in the West (mostly in St. Louis, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio) as an agent of the American Tract Society; and four travel diaries of Rev. Peabody, 1858-1859, recording his travels mostly in Europe. The collection also contains correspondence to Rev. Peabody, 1888-1889; many of these letters are from his Dartmouth College classmates.