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Journey from Mitchell Co., Iowa to California by land : with transcript and related materials : mss., 1862-1874.
BANC MSS C-F 50 Pt.I:3 FILMLOCALBANC MSS 93/152 cLOCAL
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Title:
Journey from Mitchell Co., Iowa to California by land: with transcript and related materials : mss., 1862-1874Creator/Contributor:
Gould, Jane, 1833-1917, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Tourtillott, T. T. (True Trevor), 1870-Creator/Contributor:
Gould, Frank H.Creator/Contributor:
Gould, A. L.Creator/Contributor:
Holbrook, A. N.Creator/Contributor:
Gould, George A.Abstract:
Record of her journey by wagon train, 1862 Apr. 27-Oct 8, to Stockton, Calif. by way of north bank of the Platte River, Fort
Laramie, Sweetwater River, Lander Cut-off, Humboldt River, Carson Valley, Ebbetts Pass Road, and Murphy's. Besides a transcript
of this diary, the collection includes a transcript of the diary of George A. Gould, 1874-1875, and annotated maps showing
the route taken by the family of Jane Gould from Iowa to Calif. in 1862.
Filmed copy is preceded by a typed biographical note by T.T. Tourtillott. Remaining filmed pages contain school reports of
Frank H. Gould. Film also contains ledger, 1856, of A.L. Gould and A.N. Holbrook, Waucoma, Iowa, with later accounts, 1873-1874,
of George A. Gould in California, and a typed transcript of the diary.
Date:
1862 (issued)Subject:
n-usp--Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Personal narratives
Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Diaries
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique -- Récits personnels
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Pioneers
Travel
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
California National Historic Trail
Oregon National Historic Trail
États-Unis (Ouest) -- Descriptions et voyages
California National Historic Trail
Oregon National Historic Trail
United States -- California National Historic Trail
United States -- Oregon National Historic Trail
West United States
Note:
Microfilm copy forms of part of a collection of diaries of overland journeys to California.
RESTRICTED HOLOGRAPH DIARY AND RELATED MATERIALS. USE MICROFILM COPY ONLY WITH CALL NUMBER BANC MSS C-F 50 Pt.I:3 FILM. Use
of originals only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing,
to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.
See also diary of Lucy G. Wyman, sister-in-law, for same journey: BANC MSS 93/109.
Originals of some items remain in private possession. Copyright retained by the family. Information available from the repository.
Type:
Diaries.Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Overland journals-1862.
Account books.
Physical Description:
print
1 volumes
43 pages and 17 pages (in portfolio)
partial microfilm reel (163 e (Rich. 538:16-17) and positive.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS C-F 50 Pt.I:3 FILMLOCAL
BANC MSS 93/152 cLOCAL
Origin:
No place, unknown, or undeterminedCopyright Note:
RESTRICTED HOLOGRAPH DIARY AND RELATED MATERIALS. USE MICROFILM COPY ONLY WITH CALL NUMBER BANC MSS C-F 50 Pt.I:3 FILM. Use
of originals only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing,
to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.