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Robert Eccleston diaries : and materials related to publication : ms.S, 1849-1856.
BANC MSS C-F 47 Box 1; BANC MSS C-F 47 v. 11; BANC MSS C-F 47 v. 12; BANC MSS C-F 47
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Title:

Robert Eccleston diaries: and materials related to publication : ms.S, 1849-1856

Creator/Contributor:

Eccleston, Robert, 1830-1911, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Eccleston, Ethel Baird.

Abstract:

Drawings throughout. Diary begun, Apr. 3, 1849, on journey to California as a member of the Fremont Association of New York. Landing at Galveston from the ship, Benjamin R. Milam, the party proceeded overland via the Tucson cut-off. Subsequent volumes record life in the Southern mines; experiences as a member of Major Savage's Mariposa Battalion which visited Yosemite Valley during the Indian uprising (1851); trip to Hannibal, Mo., via Nicaragua and New Orleans, to purchase sheep and return to California, overland (1853); life at Garden Ranch near Forbestown, Butte Co. (1855); trip to New York via Panama and return via Nicaragua (1856)
Biographical notes, supplied by Mrs. Ethel Baird Eccleston, and supplementary material assembled for publication of the 1849 overland diary by George P. Hammond and Edward H. Howes, included.

Date:

1849 (issued)

Subject:

Savage, James D -- 1823-1852
California. -- Militia. -- Mariposa Battalion.
California. -- Militia.
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Gold mines and mining -- Associations, institutions, etc
Mines and mineral resources -- California
Ships
Sheep -- California
Indians of North America -- California
Nicaragua
Panama, Isthmus of (Panama)
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Butte County (Calif.)

Note:

Diary #7 (1849): Also available on microfilm.

Type:

Overland journals-1849.
Diaries.
Drawings.

Physical Description:

print
12 v. (.5 linear ft.)
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 905:8) and positive.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-F 47 Box 1
BANC MSS C-F 47 v. 11
BANC MSS C-F 47 v. 12
BANC MSS C-F 47

Origin:

California