Letters from Minnesota and Dakota
Future Civil War general, diplomat and state official, Christopher Andrews traveled through Minnesota and Dakota in the fall of
1856. This database is a collection of twenty-six letters he wrote during this trip. In them, he describes the area's economic and
institutional development along with opportunities available for pioneers, land speculators, and entrepreneurs. He includes
information regarding public lands, the Minnesota bar, area railroads, and the Red River Valley. Additionally, Andrews anticipates
the creation of a separate Dakota Territory and reviews differing proposals for territorial boundaries. To those seeking information
regarding Minnesota and Dakota in the 1850s, this can be an illuminating narrative.
Source Information:
Library of Congress. Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910. [database on-line]
Washington: Library of Congress, 1999. Andrews, Christopher Columbus. Minnesota and Dacotah. Washington, D.C.: R. Farnham, 1857.
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