Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Small archive of a migrating family, relocating from Stoughton, Mass. to Lake County, Ill. in 1839. Consists of Hannah Talbot Lamb's record book of deaths, 1812-1841; Joseph Lamb's 7 page manuscript journal of his journey from New England to Warren Township in 1839; Joseph Lamb's account book kept as a shoemaker and then as a farmer, 1831-1858 (which includes a grid-plan of his orchard listing over twenty varieties of apples); an 1840 land purchase document; documents relating to...