Dean, William T., Jr. (SC 3032)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

7-18-2016

Comments

This collection is archived in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-5083, mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3032. Letter, 21 January 1849, of William T. Dean, Jr. to J. C. Stedman, Athens, Ohio, recounting his journey west to Bonaparte in Van Buren County, Iowa, where he is teaching. He describes his bouts with illness and his new surroundings. He also reports seeing 7-foot 8-inch Jim Porter, the “Kentucky Giant,” while in Louisville, Kentucky, and remarks on Porter’s size and on his gun and cane.

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Dean, William T., Jr. (SC 3032)" (2016). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 4194.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4194