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Carney; Isaac and William Collins, Susanna Cook; Joseph Cunningham; Thomas Dison; Fairmont and Palatine Bridge Co.; Peter Flinn; Thomas Fowler; Abraham \u0026 Jacob S. Hayden; W. C. Haymond; Jeremiah Highfield; Martin Hurley; Basil Patterson; George W. Paris; Joseph and Charles Peach; Benjamin Reader; Margaret Reeves; Richard Smith; Thomas G. Steele; James Eliazor; and Azariah, Zachariah, Elizabeth, Sarah, James, Ann, Dent, Thomas, Henry, and Louisa Watson.","Subjects include: Travel -- Wheeling, VA [now WV] to Keokuk, IA by boat, Keokuk to Burlington, IA by stage; traveling conditions; comment on Cinn. 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