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Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, pictures, and a biography concerning a Norwegian-American pathfinder. The papers include copies and transcripts of Peerson letters, an emigration paper, 1838 indenture, LaSalle Co.,; petition & private act…

Biography/History:  Johan Reinert Reierson (1810-1864) was born in Vestre Moland, Aust-Agder, Norway. He was a Norwegian-American writer, author and publisher as well as an early Texas pioneer and emigration activist. Reierson had been sponsored in…

Erindringer om det første norske udvandrings-selskabs reise til Texas og fra de første 6 aar af nybyggerlivet der, is an account of Hastvedt's trip to Texas in 1846, of Johan Reinert Reiersen's expedition in 1843-1844, and of early frontier life…

AbstractNotes on Norwegian Settlements in Texas telling of pioneer life, frontier hospitality, relations with the American Indians, church and school life.Contents"Notes on Norwegian Settlements in Texas," undated Arneson emigrated in 1872 from the…