Baron Frederick de Freudenreich papers, 1855, 1862-1879.

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Baron Frederick de Freudenreich papers, 1855, 1862-1879.

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Thirteen diaries (1862-1870), giving detailed information about Freudenreich's truck and nursery farm near St. Paul (Minn.), including farm operations, purchase and sale prices, employee wages, his attempts to grow tobacco, and the weather; an account book listing sales of farm produce (1864-1879); miscellaneous loose accounts; a few notes or letter fragments in French; and newspaper clippings and other items showing his interests. The diaries mention some current events, such as General William T. Sherman's visit to Minneapolis in 1866 and the Austro-Prussian War (1866).

0.6 cu. ft. (2 boxes and 1 item).

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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