ENLetters from Rachael Austin to Horace J. Austin
Metadata
Accession Number: RC84-0001
Author/Creator (Local): Austin, Rachael
Collection: Richardson Collection; Horace J. Austin Papers
Date: 1871-1891
Date Digital: 2016
Date of Accession: 1984
Description: Horace J. Austin was born in Washington County, New York in 1837. He moved west to seek out business opportunities. He traveled to Iowa and eventually moved to Dakota Territory where he gained employment as a land surveyor. He originally settled in Yankton and later relocated to Vermillion. In 1863, Austin served as a sergeant in Company A of the First Dakota Cavalry. Austin was elected a Territorial Legislator in the House in 1865 and continued to serve in the South Dakota legislature until his death on February 27, 1891, in Pierre, South Dakota. These materials are part of the Horace J. Austin Correspondence series. This record contains letters from Rachael Austin to her husband Horace J. Austin detailing daily affairs and giving news of their family and daughter Pansy (Helen).
Digitization Specifications: Master file format RA06903-RA07053: 8 bit, RGB, uncompressed, image/tiff, Epson Expression 11000XL, SilverFast 8.8.0r6 (64 bit), Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 2009 (64 bit) Service Pack 1, Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 bit) Windows
Format-Original: correspondence
Format-Digital: image/jp2
Location (LC): Vermillion (S.D.); Yankton (S.D.); Cleveland (Ohio); Hot Springs (S.D.); Sioux City (Iowa)
Identifier: RA06903-RA07053
Language: eng
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Digital Publisher: University of South Dakota. University Libraries. Archives and Special Collections
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Source: Box 1, Correspondence, Incoming
Subject (LC): Correspondence; Dakota Territory; South Dakota
Subject (Local): Austin, Rachael; Austin, Horace J.; Austin, Helen Pansy
Submitting Institution: University of South Dakota
Time Period: 1870-1879; 1880-1889; 1890-1899
Title: Letters from Rachael Austin to Horace J. Austin
Type: text
Repository: Digital Library of South Dakota (DLSD)
Source: From: Letters from Rachael Austin to Horace J. Austin