[A man standing on a cliff shouting at a Union steamboat travelling down the river]

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Title: [A man standing on a cliff shouting at a Union steamboat travelling down the river]
Date: 1855 January 29
Creator: Brownell, Edward Rogerson, 1825-1889.
Notes: "Ye Independent boat."; Ned [Edward Rogerson Brownell] ALS to Folks, January 29, 1855. s.l., page 1. From a collection of letters written to the Brownell family in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Louisiana, New York City, Cuba, and France. The largest part of the collection are letters to Charles Brownell and his wife Henrietta [Nettie] from Charles' mother [Mummy] and his three brothers, Edward [Ned], Henry, and Clarence, often written with notes added and sent on as a "round robin" correspondence which ended with Charles.
Names and Subjects: Bodies of water--1850-1860.; Bodies of water--Pictorial works.; Bodies of water in art.; Cliffs--1850-1860.; Cliffs in art.; Men, White.; Passengers--1850-1860.; Shouting--1850-1860.; Steam--1850-1860.; Steamboats--Louisiana--1850-1860.; Steamboats--Pictorial works.; Steamboats--Union--Louisiana.; Steamboats--United States.; Steamboats in art.; Travel--1850-1860.; Travel--Pictorial works.; Travel in art.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Letters (correspondence); Line drawings.; Pen and ink drawings.
Collection Title: Brownell family papers
Collection Creator: Brownell family
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 5738
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-07-19 17:05:47

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Record: 5738
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Full citation: "[A man standing on a cliff shouting at a Union steamboat travelling down the river]". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-5738/wcl005811. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. July 09, 2025.