Ernest Christian Bohne memoir and scrapbook, ca. 1870-1900.

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Ernest Christian Bohne memoir and scrapbook, ca. 1870-1900.

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Collection includes a large scrapbook (.5 cu. ft.) and a photocopy of a 233 page handwritten memoir authored by Bohne in 1880-1881. The memoir recounts Bohne's childhood in Cassel, Germany, his schooling, and his immigration to the United States in 1856. Also discussed are: his father's service in Napoleon's army in Russia, family genealogy, his arrival in Louisville, Louisville's German community, employment, and his involement in various business ventures. In addition, Bohne comments extensively on American culture and discusses influences on the national character. Towards the end of the memoir he discusses President Grant's visit to Louisville in 1879, and his friendship with Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan. The scrapbook contains assorted correspondence, invitations, programs, reports, clippings, and photos pertaining to: banking and finance in Louisville, the Commercial Club, expositions, the German community, the Satellites of Mercury, and the development of the city's municipal park system.

.75 cubic feet.

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Ernest Christian Bohne was born in Cassel, Germany on February 8, 1840. Bohne's father was a successful publisher and bookseller, and was an officer in Napoleon's army during the Russian campaign from 1810-1812. Bohne was educated at an elite gymnasium in Germany, but in 1854 left school and began learning the book trade. He later found work as a sailor and landed in New Orleans in 1856. From there, he immediately traveled to Louisville where he found work as a bookkeeper in a dry goods store. D...