Journal, John Tipton, To fix seat of government, 1820

Description:	The journal written by John Tipton during the expedition to find the location for the state capitol, which would become Indianapolis, during May 17-June 11, 1820. This journal was printed in the Indianapolis News, April 17, 1879, annotated by George Cottman and reprinted in the Indiana Magazine of History, 1 (1905), 9-15, 74-79. A shorter version of this journal also exists. See TIPT0326 (in KEY field).
Origin:	1820-05-17
Created By:	Tipton, John, 1786-1839
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p1819coll11/id/1032
Collection:	John Tipton Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright:	No Copyright - United States
Geography:	Indiana, United States
Subjects:	Diaries Tipton, John, 1786-1839 Capitols Cities Indianapolis (Ind.) Frontier and pioneer life--Indiana Deer hunting Jennings, Jonathan, 1784-1834 Corydon (Ind.) Big Blue River (Ind.) Salem (Ind.) Vallonia (Ind.) Brownstown (Ind.) White River (Ind. : River) Fall Creek (Ind. : River) Lower Delaware Town (Ind.) Conner, William, approximately 1773-1855 Fishing Coffee drinking Driftwood River (Ind.) Moccasins Timber--Diseases and pests Indians of North America Indians of North America--Alcohol use Delaware Indians Indian Removal, 1813-1903 Soils--Quality Rain and rainfall Swamps Horses French--Indiana Eagle Creek Watershed (Boone County-Marion County, Ind.) Spencer (Ind.) Indians of North America--Indiana Timber

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