<i>Iowa as it is in 1855; A Gazetteer for Citizens, and a Handbook for Immigrants</i>, 1855
date: label: date made
content: ca 1855
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content: 1855
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content: <i>Iowa as it in in 1855; A Gazetteer for Citizens and a Handbook for Immigrants</i> served as a comprehensive guide to the state of Iowa, featuring chapters on land quality, climate, population, infrastructure, government, and charitable organizations. Iowa’s settlement was part of a larger migration across the American West that began with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Part of the original Louisiana Purchase territory, Iowa, became a state in 1846. It attracted immigrants, and migrants were drawn to the region's fertile soil and climate suitable for farming.
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content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.315412.04
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content: 315412.04
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content: 315412
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content: Book
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content: cloth (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 5/8 in x 5 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 19.3675 cm x 13.335 cm x 3.175 cm