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David J. West pocket diaries : ms.S, 1852-1912.
BANC MSS C-F 178 box1; BANC MSS C-F 178 box2
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Title:

David J. West pocket diaries : ms.S, 1852-1912

Creator/Contributor:

West, David J., 1829-1912, creator

Abstract:

Brief daily record in several types of pocket diaries. Volume for 1902 missing. V. 1-2 records life in Illinois; v. 3 contains record of trip to California via the Isthmus of Panama; v. 4-5, odd jobs in California and return to Illinois; v. 6-7, life in Illinois and return to California, via the Isthmus; v. 8-9, chiefly in San Francisco (purchased an island in the Delta region); v. 10-19, chiefly in Antioch; v. 20, records trip to Chicago after the fire, and return; v. 21-60 in California, chiefly at Antioch or San Jose.
Faithful recording of the weather; little detail of personal life; chiefly record of his carpentry. A few accounts, business cards and newspaper clippings included.

Date:

1852 (issued)

Subject:

Martin, J. West
Pardee, E. H
Voyages to the Pacific coast -- Personal narratives
Panama, Isthmus of (Panama)
Contra Costa County (Calif.)
California -- Climate -- Observations

Note:

Photograph transferred to the Portrait File of The Bancroft Library.
Broadside (re dispute between Mayor Martin (J. West) of San Francisco and E.H. Pardee, March 1884, transferred to the book collections of The Bancroft Library.

Type:

Autobiographies.
Clippings.
Diaries.

Physical Description:

60 v. ; 11-18 cm. (in 2 boxes)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-F 178 box1
BANC MSS C-F 178 box2

Origin:

United States