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Notes of travel from New York to the gold region in California in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine, 1849 February 5-1852 January 14.
BANC MSS 77/125 cLOCAL
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Title:

Notes of travel from New York to the gold region in California in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine, 1849 February 5-1852 January 14

Creator/Contributor:

Blunt, Phineas Underwood, 1809-1897, creator

Abstract:

Entries from Feb. 5 to March 26, 1849 describe his trip from New York to Fort Smith, Arkansas and preparations for the overland journey as a member of the Knickerbocker Company. Later entries contain detailed descriptions of his experiences on the Santa Fe Trail including missions and other settlements where he stopped; arrival in Los Angeles on Sept. 22; journey overland to the mines via Santa Barbara, San Jose, and Stockton; and experiences in the mines. Entries from Nov. 24, 1850 concern experiences in San Francisco as a policeman. A few entries relate to activities of the Vigilance Committee.

Date:

1849 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ar -- n-usp-- -- n-us-ca
Gold mines and mining -- California
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Plumas County
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Tuolumne County
Police -- California -- San Francisco
Crime -- California
Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Personal narratives
Gold mines and mining -- Associations, institutions, etc
Or -- Mines et extraction -- Californie -- Tuolumne (Comté)
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique -- Récits personnels
Crime
Gold mines and mining
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Police
Travel
California -- Description and travel
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Californie -- Descriptions et voyages
California
California -- Plumas County
California -- San Francisco
California -- Tuolumne County
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851.
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851.

Note:

RESTRICTED ORIGINAL. USE MICROFILM ONLY: Use of original only by permission of the appropriate curator. Direct requests for access, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.
Journal and Transcripts available on microfilm.

Type:

Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Overland journals-1849.

Physical Description:

1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 1467) and positive

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 77/125 cLOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED ORIGINAL. USE MICROFILM ONLY: Use of original only by permission of the appropriate curator. Direct requests for access, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.