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Trip to California 1885 : manuscript
Title
Trip to California 1885 : manuscript.
Production
Massachusetts ; Ontario ; Illinois ; Missouri ; Colorado ; New Mexico ; California ; Utah ; Nebraska ; Indiana; Michigan ; New York, 1885 April-June.
Physical Description
1 volume (circa 100 pages with additional blanks)
Language
English
Notes
Title from first page.
First two pages are detached from binding.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2021.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript diary written by an unidentified woman documenting her railroad journey from Massachusetts to California and back, 1885 April-June. Entries contain accounts of social events and passengers on the train and descriptions of sites in Massachusetts; Ontario, Canada; Chicago, Illinois; Kansas City, Missouri; Pueblo and Denver, Colorado; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Yuma, Arizona; San Francisco, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; Nebraska; Indiana; and Michigan. Present are entries describing silver mines in Colorado, Native Americans in New Mexico and Arizona, the passengers being entertained by state governors in California and New Mexico, Chinatown in San Francisco, and Mormons and the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
April 06, 2021
References
Trip to California 1885. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Trip to California 1885. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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