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Jowa House, 

 Moscow, Iowa, 



October Fourth. 



Moscow is a small agricultural hamlet twenty-nine 

 miles west of Davenport, with a population of less 

 than three hundred, but increasing in number as the 

 surrounding region is occupied. On the road here 

 from Blue Grass I found the weather becoming very 

 cold and was compelled to dismount several times and 

 walk some heat into my body. The country is rich in 

 fertility of soil — generally rolling prairie. The villages 

 along the road are said to be growing very rapidly. 



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St. James Hotel, 

 Iowa City, Io WAf 

 October Fifth. 



Reached here at six o'clock P. M., fifty-five miles 

 from Davenport. AYeather, most of the day, cold, 

 cloudy and generally disagreeable. I learn upon in- 

 quiry that the land about here for n;iles is, for the 

 most part, settled by a thrifty, intelligent and enter- 

 prising people, and is well adapted to all the wants of 

 the agriculturist. The railroad brings all the produce 

 into market and farmers and manufacturers have their 

 labors rewarded. The soil is a rich, black loam, and 

 often, I am told, from five to iQv\ feet in depth. 



Had supper and retired to my room to attend to 

 my correspondence. 



