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Overland journey to California in 1849 : experiences at the mines 1849-1850, and return voyage to New York in 1850
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Title
Overland journey to California in 1849 : experiences at the mines 1849-1850, and return voyage to New York in 1850 / by L. N. Weed, 1859.
Physical Description
115 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Notes
The narrative written in 1857 from journal entries but transferred into the present volume in 1859.
Original binding.
Accompanied by Kim Kastens, "Route of J. N. Weed--1849," May 1973, which includes a large map showing the route.
Journal, transcript, and Kastens paper in 2 boxes; map in rolled storage.
Provenance
Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Summary
This narrative describes an 1849 trip from New York to California by the steamer Norumbega to Galveston and by boat to Houston. They continued overland by way of Austin, Fredericksburg, Pecos River, Presidio del Norte, El Paso, Doña Ana, Cooke's and Graham's routes, Tucson, Pima, Gila River, Warner's Ranch, Los Angeles, and Stockton. Weed's text records the weather and his stay at the mines until 1850 when he sailed home by way of Nicaragua and Havana on the ships Pacific and Ohio.
Other formats
Transcript available.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Withington, M. C. Catalogue of Western Americana Manuscripts 517.
L. N. Weed, Overland journey to California in 1849. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
L. N. Weed, Overland journey to California in 1849. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Memoirs - United States.
Occupation
Miners United States.
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