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Susan Shelby Magoffin (1827–1855)

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Bevat de naam: Susan Shelby Magoffin

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Gangbare naam
Magoffin, Susan Shelby
Geboortedatum
1827-07-20
Overlijdensdatum
1855-10-26
Graflocatie
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Danville, Kentucky, USA
Plaats van overlijden
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Woonplaatsen
Bent's Fort, Colorado, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Beroepen
diarist
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Susan Shelby was born to a wealthy family on their plantation near Danville, Kentucky. Her paternal grandfather was Isaac Shelby, a hero of the American Revolutionary War and the first governor of Kentucky. In 1845, at age 18, she married Samuel Magoffin, a trader on the Sante Fe Trail 27 years her senior. The following year, she accompanied him on a wagon train trading journey out of Independence, Missouri, becoming one of the first American women to make the trip. With war just beginning between the USA and Mexico, it was a particularly dangerous time to travel this region. They traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico, then headed south to El Paso del Norte, Chihuahua, and Saltillo. Her health suffered from the hardships of the journey and she gave birth to a baby son who died. In 1848, the couple returned to Kentucky, where they had a daughter in 1851. In 1852, they moved to Barrett's Station, near Kirkwood, Missouri, where Susan's husband bought a large estate. Susan had a second daughter in 1855 and died soon after, at age 28. She kept a diary of her travels from 1846 to 1847, in which she recorded her experiences and her impressions of the Mexican and native American people she encountered. It was published in 1926 as Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: the diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, and serves as a valuable historical resource.

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This first hand account of travel on the Santa Fe Trail and then down into Mexico in 1846 and 7 presents many good descriptions of the life and customs of traders, soldiers, Indians, and Mexicans of that time. Since this trip coincided with various battles against the Mexicans, military maneuvers and rumors dominate much of the account.
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snash | 1 andere bespreking | Sep 10, 2021 |
This was a delightful account of a wagon caravan from Independence, Missouri, to Chihuahua, Mexico in 1846-1847 (during the Texas-Mexican War). The author was 18 year old, newly married, Susan Shelby Magoffin. It was obvious she was well educated and well-read. This was a very enjoyable read with copious footnotes, sometimes 3 pages in length, but added much to the explanation of the some of the personages mentioned within Ms. Magoffin's entries. 260 pages
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