A journey to Kentucky for sheep [manuscript], [ca. 1894], 1925.

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A journey to Kentucky for sheep [manuscript], [ca. 1894], 1925.

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Typed copy (2 p.) of a story written by Robert Campbell, a Scottish sheep farmer hired by Sir George Simpson to journey to America and lead a group from the Red River settlement, near present day Winnipeg, Manitoba, to the United States to purchase a herd of sheep and drive them back to the settlement.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7316102

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