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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Postcards, Business Cards and Post Office forms |
| Date | 11 Jun 1888 - 31 Jan 1902 |
| Document Type | Manuscript; Ephemera |
| Reference | D0133 |
| Library / Archive | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
| Collection Name | Alexander Heisson Papers, 1888-1909 |
| Description | Includes a certificate of vaccination from the Hamburg American Packet Company and various identification cards. |
| Series Description | The collection includes correspondence, financial records, and printed materials relating to Heisson's business. Also present are printed materials, financial records, travel documents and correspondence concerned with other Finnish immigrants, some helped by Heisson. |
| Biographical Note / History | Alexander Heisson was a Finnish immigrant who settled in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. In addition to his merchant business, he served as agent for ticket purchases for other immigrants from Finland. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations |
| Places | Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States |
| Ports | Liverpool, England; Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Queenstown, New Zealand |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Ships | SS Commonwealth; SS New England; SS Dominion; SS Bohemia |
| People | Heisson, Alexander; Gronlund, G A |
| Keywords | finance, postal service, Dominion Line, shipping, Hamburg American Packet Company, vaccination, emigration |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania catalogue. |
| Language | Finnish; English |
| Copyright | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
