Guide to the Levi Stowell pocket diary : transcript, 1849

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Guide to the Levi Stowell pocket diary : transcript, 1849

Collection number: M0087

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, California

Contact Information

  • Department of Special Collections
  • Green Library
  • Stanford University Libraries
  • Stanford, CA 94305-6004
  • Phone: (650) 725-1022
  • Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
  • URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Processed by:
Special Collections staff
Date Completed:
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Encoded by:
C. Del Anderson
© 1998 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Levi Stowell pocket diary : transcript,
Date (inclusive): 1849
Collection number: Special Collections M0087
Creator: N/A
Extent: 1 item
Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language: English.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Levi Stowell pocket diary : transcript, M0087, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

BIOGRAPHY

Levi Stowell, born in Colesville, New York in 1820, travelled to California in 1849. He died in San Francisco 18 May 1855.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Summary: Transcript of a pocket diary kept during a trip from Washington, D.C. to California by ship via the Panama Isthmus in 1849.