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Families -- Illinois -- Lake County -- History -- 19th century -- Sources

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Lamb Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lamb
Abstract Mainly papers of Joseph and Hannah Talbot Lamb, who relocated from Stoughton, Mass. to Lake County, Ill., in 1839. Consists of Hannah Talbot’s record of deaths, 1812-1841, and Joseph Lamb’s 1839 seven-page diary of his trip from Stoughton to Lake County. Also, a book of his shoemaking business accounts, as well as farming and general accounts, 1831-1859, which includes a grid-plan of his orchard listing many varieties of mid-nineteenth century apples; documents relating to the U.S. post...
Dates: 1812-1931