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Fisk Expedition journal
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Title
Fisk Expedition journal /by Samuel R. Bond, 1862.
Physical Description
1 v. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Notes
The official account published by the government: Expedition from Fort Abercrombie to Fort Benton. 37th Cong., 3d sess. House Ex. Doc. 80.
Positive photostat.
Fisk Expedition Journal Ipswich Historical Society.
Provenance
Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Biographical / Historical Note
The Fisk Expedition, commanded by Capt. James Liberty Fisk, with Samuel Bond as secretary, was authorized by Congress in 1862 to provide an escort for emigrant trains going westward through Indian country.
Summary
A full and detailed account of the expedition, including the trip home by part of the escort by way of San Francisco, and Panama to New York by steamer.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Withington, M. C. Catalogue of Western Americana Manuscripts, 39.
Samuel R. Bond Fisk Expedition Journal. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Samuel R. Bond Fisk Expedition Journal. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Genre/Form
Diaries - United States.
Occupation
Soldiers United States.
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