W. P. Thompson : diary, 1850-1852.

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Title: W. P. Thompson : diary, 1850-1852.
Creator: Thompson, William P., fl. 1850-1852.
Contributor: North America (Ship)
Olive Branch (Ship)
Thompson, William P.,--fl. 1850-1852.
Abstract: Thompson's diary describes his 1850 journey from St. Joseph to Sacramento and a trip home in 1851 from Nevada City by the Isthmus. Notes on the westward trip include distances and camps. He went overland to South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Fort Hall, the California Trail, the Humboldt and Truckee, and Nevada City. Returning, Thompson sailed from San Francisco on the Olive Branch for Panama, and from Chagres on the North America for New Orleans, reaching Lagrange, [Missouri ?].
Description: Diary and transcript are stored in one case.
Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Original binding.
Extent: 2 vol. ; [58] p. ; [36] p. ; 16.5 x 10.9 cm. and smaller.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Diaries--United States.
Manuscripts
Transcriptions
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): California National Historic Trail.
West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name): North America (Ship)
Olive Branch (Ship)
Thompson, William P.,--fl. 1850-1852.
Subject (Topic): Ocean travel.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Overland journeys to the Pacific--1850.

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Citation: W. P. Thompson Diary. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Withington, M. C. Catalogue of Western Americana Manuscripts 473.