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Overland journey : from Independence, Missouri to Weaverville, California
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Title
Overland journey : from Independence, Missouri to Weaverville, California / by Abram Krill, 1850-1851.
Physical Description
2 v. (153 p.): 15 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Accompanied by a daguerreotype of Krill & Bamber's grocery and provision store near Hangtown.
Original binding.
Two diaries and daguerreotype stored in a case.
Provenance
Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Organization
Two volumes: I. Diary, May - August 1850. II. Diary, August - September 1850; expenditures, 1850; Krill & Bamber company accounts, 1851; account of gold dug and washed, 1851; memoranda.
Biographical / Historical Note
Krill, who lived in Washington Township, Wood County, Ohio, traveled to California in 1850.
Summary
The diary records the trip from Missouri to California by way of the Platte, the Sweetwater, Sublette's Cut-off, the Humboldt, the Carson, Pleasant Valley, and Weaverville. It also contains expenditures, accounts of gold mining and Krill & Bamber's grocery trade in California.
Other formats
Available on microfilm.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Withington, M. C. Catalogue of Western Americana Manuscripts 288.
Abram Krill, Overland Journey from Independence. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Abram Krill, Overland Journey from Independence. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Account books - United States.
Daguerreotypes - United States.
Diaries - United States.
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