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Robert Stockton Williamson field notes, sketch maps and diary : ms., 1849.
BANC MSS C-F 179LOCAL
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Title:

Robert Stockton Williamson field notes, sketch maps and diary : ms., 1849

Creator/Contributor:

Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882, creator

Abstract:

Record A. Ms., (July 28-Oct. 5, 1849) for U.S. Topographical Engineers' survey under command of Captain William H. Warner (killed by Indians, Sept. 26) Exploration of the northern Sierra Nevada, chiefly along the Lassen Cut Off, for a possible railroad route. With this: negative photostat of letter (Dec. 15, 1849) from Williamson to Colonel J.J. Abert obtained from National Archives for handwriting comparison, Mar. 1960.

Date:

1849 (issued)

Subject:

n-us--- -- n-us-ca -- n-us-nv
Discoveries in geography -- American
Discoveries in geography -- American
Discoveries in geography
United States -- Discovery and exploration
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Lassen Cut Off (Calif.)
Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.)
United States
United States -- Sierra Nevada
United States. -- Army. -- Corps of Engineers.
United States. -- Army. -- Corps of Engineers
Warner, William Horace -- 1812-1849

Physical Description:

96 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-F 179LOCAL

Origin:

California