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Captain Madison Dugan Certificate, 22 May 1888

Item

Dugan Family Papers - Mss. A D866a 4.jpg

Title

Captain Madison Dugan Certificate, 22 May 1888

Description

Inspectors Certificate of Captain Madison “Big Matt” Dugan (1860-1917). Dugan lived in Jeffersonville, Ind., and came from a steamboating family. He captained the ferries City of Jeffersonville and Gen. George Rogers Clark between Louisville and Jeffersonville. He kept a diary for thirty-one years (1886-1917). He was murdered on board the Clark in the early morning hours of August 19, 1917.

Source

Filson Manuscript Collection

Format

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Type

Identifier

Dugan Family Papers - Mss. A D866a 4

Citation

Dugan, Madison, 1860-1917, “Captain Madison Dugan Certificate, 22 May 1888,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed April 18, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/3408.