Title:

Horace H. Emerson diary and letters : mss. and ALS, 1854-1910 (bulk 1854-1858)

Creator/Contributor:

Emerson, Horace H., creator

Pocket diary (24 p.) gives a brief account of Emerson's trip from Bonus, Boone County, Ill. by steamer to St. Joseph and then driving cattle to California in 1854. Letters (1855-58) to his future wife Mary Tibbets written from Oroville, Grass Valley, Patterson, Spring Creek, and Dry Creek describe crossing the plains and details of life in the mines, He also writes of homes of cloth and poor cooking, theft of their mining ground in Oroville, the murder rate and hangings, availability of water, and washing away mountains to get gold resulting in deterioration of the rivers. Emerson promises frequently that he is not in Calif. to get rich, and that he only plans to stay until he earns enough to buy a farm in Ill. Later letters (1873-1874) written after his return to Ill. are addressed to his wife and children from a prospecting and cattle driving trip to New Mexico and Colorado. Letters (1910) to his son R.W. Emerson in Managua, Nicaragua report on life at home on the farm. Also includes Emerson's certificates of marriage to Mary Tibbets, 1859 and Eleanor E. Kent, 1899.

Date:

1854 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca

Overland journeys to the Pacific

Mines and mineral resources -- Colorado

Mines and mineral resources -- New Mexico

Cattle drives

Gold mines and mining -- California -- Butte County

Gold mines and mining -- California -- Nevada County

Oroville (Calif.) -- Social life and customs

Grass Valley (Calif.) -- Description and travel

Illinois -- Biography

RESTRICTED ORIGINAL . USE MICROFILM COPY WITH CALL NUMBER BANC FILM 2547 INSTEAD OF VOLUME. : Use of original 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.

Type:

Overland journals-1854.

Marriage certificates.

Letterheads.

print

1 portfolio and 1 v. (.2 linear ft.)

1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2811) and positive.

English

BANC FILM 2547

BANC MSS 98/104 c portfolio, v.2

BANC MSS 98/104 c v.1

Origin:

Various places

RESTRICTED ORIGINAL . USE MICROFILM COPY WITH CALL NUMBER BANC FILM 2547 INSTEAD OF VOLUME. : Use of original 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.