Diaries, 1886-1917.

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Diaries, 1886-1917.

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The diaries record daily events in Louisville, Jeffersonville, and on the Ohio River. The diaries are divided into two groups, "River News" notes the daily weather and water levels at the canal and on the falls, arrivals and departures, accidents, and descriptions of boats and their cargo. Typed transcripts of this group are filed in the library. "Recollection of Madison Dugan," kept concurrently with "River News," describes the captains work and leisure, his involvement in local politics and clubs, the life of a riverman on the Ohio, and the impending decline of the steamer business. Miscellaneous materials include a Dugan family genealogy; scrapbook; newspaper obituary of Captain Dugan; time book; two volumes of letters received and transcribed by Dugan; record books for ferry boat coal, excursions, and the Knights of Pythias.

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The Filson Historical Society

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