Title: A winter in the far West
Description: Hoffman spent most of the first three months of 1834 in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, visiting Chicago, Galena and Peoria. He wrote letters to friends throughout his travels, and published some in newspapers in New York. After seeing northern Illinois he went to St. Louis through Springfield, Jacksonville and Alton; and later down the Mississippi and up the Ohio.
Subjects: Description and travel
Places: Old Northwest, United States, Chicago (Ill.), Illinois, Prairie du Chien (Wis.), St. Louis, Galena (Ill), Peoria (Ill)
Time periods: 1834