Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico

Entry/Object ID

L2019.13.133

Description

Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico. The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847. Mrs. Magoffin set out with her husband in June of 1846 on a trek from Independence, Missouri, through New Mexico and south to Chihuahua. Her travel journal was written at a crucial time, when the Mexican War was beginning and New Mexico was occupied by Stephen Watts Kearny and the Army of the West. Her journal describes the excitement, routine, and dangers of a successful merchant's wife. On the trail for fifteen months, moving from house to house and town to town. 294/Softbound/Brown with illustration of a wagon traveling/Illustrations/Maps

Collection

Robidoux Collection by Hugh Lewis

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Mexican War, Robidoux, Antoine, Robidoux, Joseph, Robidoux, Louis, Santa Fe Trail

Book Details

Author

Magoffin, Susan Shelby, Drumm, Stella M., Editor

Place Published

City

Lincoln

State/Province

Nebraska

Date Published

1982

Call No.

Robidoux MA

ISBN

0-8032-8116-1

Notes

Copy No.: 2

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jun 24, 2019

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Manuel Armijo

Person or Organization

Meriwether Louis Clark

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Dr. Henry Connelly

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Alexander William Doniphan

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Thomas Clark Hammond

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Dr. James Hewitson

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Abraham Johnson

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Stephen Watts Kearny

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James Wiley Magoffin

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Samuel Magoffin

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Susan Shelbey Magoffin

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Samuel C. Owens

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Tayor, Zachary

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Robidou, Antonie

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Robidou, Francois

Person or Organization

Robidou, Joseph

Person or Organization

Robidou, Louis