Ocean Queen ship's contract for Philip Doerr, 1851.

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Ocean Queen ship's contract for Philip Doerr, 1851.

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Ship contract in German and English securing passage to New York on board the Ocean Queen for Philip Doerr, his wife Katherine, son Carl (Charles), and daughter Jeannette. Printed contract, filled in and signed by agent G.H. Paulsen.

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Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Doerr, Philip.

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Doerr, Katherine.

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Paulsen, G.H.

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Philip, Katherine, Carl (Charles), and Jeannette Doerr traveled from the duchy of Nassau, Germany, to New York in March 1851. They soon moved to Vermont, where Katherine Doerr died in 1852. In 1855 the rest of the family relocated to Fort Madison, Iowa, where Philip and Charles built railroad bridges. Charles later became an attorney and served in the Iowa state legislature. The Ocean Queen was a 1,200 ton passenger ship owned by Griswold, Morgan, & Co. She, along wi...

Doerr, Charles

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Doerr, Jeannette.

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