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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Reminiscences, by Hans Mattson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant Author: Hans Mattson Release Date: May 17, 2010 [EBook #32399] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REMINISCENCES *** Produced by K Nordquist, Rene Anderson Benitz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Transcriber's Note: Most variations in hyphenation, capitalization, and spelling have been retained as in the original. Spelling errors have been corrected when most occurrences of the word in question are correct. Obvious typos have been amended. All amendments are listed at the end of the text. Minor printer errors (quotation marks, punctuation, etc.) have been amended without note. Mid-paragraph illustrations have been relocated between paragraphs for easier reading. Brief descriptions of illustrations without captions have been added in parentheses where appropriate. Table of Contents has been added. [Illustration: Book Cover] [Illustration: H. Mattson] REMINISCENCES THE STORY OF AN EMIGRANT BY HANS MATTSON, Late Consul General of the United States, in India SAINT PAUL: D. D. MERRILL COMPANY 1891. Copyrighted 1891 by D. D. MERRILL COMPANY ST. PAUL, MINN. _All Rights Reserved_ CONTENTS CHAPTER I. Ancestry and country home in Sweden--Home influences--My first school years--Christmas--Military life--Departure for America. CHAPTER II. Arrival at Boston--Adventures between Boston and New York--Buffalo--An Asylum--Return to New York--A Voyage--On the Farm in New Hampshire. CHAPTER III. The Arrival of my Father and Brother--Journey to Illinois--Work on a Railroad--The Ague--Doctor Ober--Religious Impressions--The Arrival of my Mother, Sister and her Husband--A Burning Railroad Train--We go to Minnesota--Our Experience as Wood Choppers and Pioneers. CHAPTER IV. Future Hopes--Farm Life--Norwegian Pioneers--The Condition of the Immigrant at the Beginning of the
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