Isaac Dewey Harmon correspondence and journals
Scope and Contents
Journals document Harmon's travels to New Orleans, Louisiana; Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York, New York; the Republic of Texas; and along the Mississippi River.
Dates
- 1831-1861
Creator
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
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Overview
Journals document Harmon's travels to New Orleans, Louisiana; Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York, New York; the Republic of Texas; and along the Mississippi River.
Biographical / Historical
Isaac Harmon first found employment with George W. Dole, an Indian trader, while at the same time serving as a corporal at Fort Dearborn during the Black Hawk War in 1832. After the war, Harmon began the general trading firms Harmon, Loomis & Co. and I. D. Harmon & Co. He married Anne M. R. Huntoon Harmon (1817-1896) in 1842 and moved to Naperville in 1844, setting up the trading firm Harmon & Napier. In 1846, he began a forwarding, commission, and transportation business with E. D. Taylor in Peru (Taylor & Harmon) as well as Harmon & Huntoon. In 1855, the headquarters of Harmon & Huntoon was moved to Chicago and the firm was combined with Chapin, Hurlbut & Co. to form the Union Line Transporation Company.
Isaac Harmon moved to Texas in 1870 to care for his property there before returning to Chicago in 1874 and continuing to work until 1876.
Processing Information
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- Baltimore (Md.)
- Businessmen -- Illinois -- 19th century
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Diaries
- Harmon, Charles Loomis, -1868
- Illinois -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
- Illinois -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Louisiana -- Description and travel
- Maryland -- Description and travel
- Merchants -- Illinois -- 19th century
- Mississippi River -- Description and travel
- Naperville (Ill.)
- New Orleans (La.)
- New York (N.Y.)
- New York -- Description and travel
- Pennsylvania -- Description and travel
- Peru (Ill.)
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Photographs
- Texas -- Description and travel
- Tintypes (prints)
- Washington (D.C.)
- Title
- Guide to the Isaac Dewey Harmon Correspondence and Journals
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Lerner
- Date
- October 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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