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Butler family letters and related materials : transcripts, 1850-1944 (bulk 1850-1854).
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Title:

Butler family letters and related materials : transcripts, 1850-1944 (bulk 1850-1854)

Creator/Contributor:

Butler family., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Butler, Ira F. M., correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Butler, Peter, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

West, George Miller, 1831-1912

Creator/Contributor:

West, Henry H., correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Butler E. D., correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Smith, Isaac, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Smith, Margrit, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Ground, Eliza A., correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Ground, William B., correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Ground, Edward, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Hutchinson, T. H., correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Hutchinson, E. H. B., correspondent.

Abstract:

Typed transcripts of ten letters centering on the 1853 overland journey of the Pierce Butler company, with an account of Polk County, Oregon, in 1853-1854. The letters are by E.D. Butler, Isaac & Margrit Smith, Ira F.M. Butler, Peter Butler, Eliza A. Ground, William B. Ground, Edward Ground, and T.H. & E.H.B. Hutchinson. With supplementary memoirs by a member of the train, George Miller West, an employee of Ira F.M. Butler, (d. 1912), and a letter by his son, Henry H. West, 1944, pasted in.

Date:

1850 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-or
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique
Frontier and pioneer life
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Travel
Polk County (Or.) -- Description and travel
Oregon
Oregon -- Polk County
Pierce Butler Company.
Butler family -- Archives
Butler (Famille) -- Archives
Butler family

Note:

Also available on microfilm.
In English.
Preferred citation: Butler family letters and related materials, BANC MSS P-A 308, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

family papers.
Archives.

Physical Description:

print
30 leaves ; 29 cm
partial microfilm reel (33 exposures) : negative (Rich. 106:5)

Language:

English

Origin:

Oregon