Beskrivelse over en reise til Nordamerica, 1926 / Ole Knudsen Nattestad ; med forbemerkninger av Theodore C. Blegen.

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Beskrivelse over en reise til Nordamerica, 1926 / Ole Knudsen Nattestad ; med forbemerkninger av Theodore C. Blegen.

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Typed transcription of the journal of Wisconsin's first Norwegian settler, describing his immigration in 1837, his role in Ole Rynning's Beaver Creek settlement (Illinois), and his 1838 move to Wisconsin. The journal's 1839 publication in Norway helped promote further emigration. In Norwegian.

27 p.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Nattestad, Ole, 1807-1886.

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Rynning, Ole, 1809-1838

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Blegen, Theodore Christian, 1891-1969

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Theodore C. Blegen, B.A. (1910) Augsburg College, M.A. (1915), Ph.D. (1925) University of Minnesota. Appointed the faculty at the University of Minnesota in 1927 and served as dean of the Graduate School from 1940 until 1960. Theodore C. Blegen was born in Minneapolis on July 16, 1891. He received his bachelor's degree from Augsburg College in 1910 and his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Minnesota in 1915 and 1925. Before joining the staff of the University of Minnesota in 1...