Transcript and copy of a letter to Torgersen's brother Simon in Scandinavia, Wisconsin, dated Solset, 16 January 1868, asking for financial help to enable him and his family to emigrate.
Emigration papers of a Lutheran clergyman and missionary. Hellestad was born at Scandinavia, Wis. to Christian 0. Hellestad and wife Karen Jorgensen. He attended Scandinavia Academy, St. Olaf College, and the United Church Seminary, receiving the C.…
Letters to Eriksen, farmer and merchant at Scandinavia, Wisconsin, from Lutheran clergymen regarding theological disputes; from friends and relatives concerning agricultural profits and losses; and from Civil War soldiers. The compilation volume…
