FINDING AID

American Emigrant Company agreements and receipt, 1877-1882

COLLECTION SUMMARY

Collection Title:    
American Emigrant Company agreements and receipt

Collection Number:    
SAC P:43

Dates:            
1877-1879, 1881-1882

Size:            
1 folder

Language:        
Swedish (bulk), English

Creator/Collector:    
Anderson, Peter August

Subject Headings:    
American Emigrant Company
Cambridge (Ill.)
Emigration and immigration--Sweden

Repository:    
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.

Abstract:    
Six documents from the Amerikanska Emigrant Kompaniet (American Emigrant Company), a land and ticket company, related to A.P. Anderson of Cambridge, Illinois. 

RIGHTS AND ACCESS

Conditions Governing Access:    
Collection is open for research.

Reproduction and Use:    
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Swenson Center and the copyright holder. 

Preferred Citation:    
[item identification], in SAC P:43 American Emigrant Company agreements and receipt, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. 

ACQUISITION AND RELATED MATERIALS

Provenance:    
Murtle Anderson  was baptized “Violet Josephina Myrtle” by Pastor V. Setterdahl of Andover, Illinois on 23 August 1896. Her parents were Peter August Anderson and Helena Mathilda Nero Anderson. 

Source of Acquisition:    
Gift of the estate of Murtle Anderson in 1982.

Notes:    
Title changed from “A.P. Anderson family papers” in 2018. 

Processed By:    
Received by Kermit Westerberg in 1982. Finding aid written by Lisa Huntsha in 2018. 

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

Administrative/Biographical History:    
Peter August Anderson (also known as A.P. Anderson) was born in Fjärås, Halland, Sweden on 16 August 1859 to Andrew Peterson and Petarnella Eriksdotter. He immigrated to the United States in 1881 and began farming north of Cambridge. He married Helena Mathilda Nero on 3 September 1895 in Rock Island, Illinois. He died in Cambridge, Henry County, Illinois on 25 June 1926. 
The American Emigrant Company was created for the purpose of assisting emigrants in settling in the United States. The company had offices in New York and Göteborg, Sweden.

Scope and Content:    
Collection includes agreements and a receipt from the Amerikanska Emigrant Kompaniet (American Emigrant Company). A.P. Anderson used the company to secure passage for himself or A.P. Petterson to the United States. These documents also advertise land in Iowa.

System of Arrangement:    
Arranged chronologically.

Collection Inventory:    

Document from Amerikanska Emigrant Kompaniet addressed to A.P. Anderson, Higganum, Connecticut, Swedish, 13 March 1877

Document from Amerikanska Emigrant Kompaniet addressed to A.P. Anderson, Cambridge, Illinois, Swedish, 24 December 1877

Document from Amerikanska Emigrant Kompaniet addressed to A.P. Anderson, Cambridge, Illinois, Swedish, 6 September 1878

Document from Amerikanska Emigrant Kompaniet addressed to A.P. Anderson, Cambridge, Illinois, Swedish, 13 December 1879

Receipt from The American Emigrant Company, English, 25 February 1881

Document from Amerikanska Emigrant Kompaniet addressed to A.P. Anderson, Cambridge, Illinois, Swedish, 8 June 1882