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Stansbury Survey diaries, 1849-1850.
BANC MSS P-F 360 FILMLOCAL
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Title:

Stansbury Survey diaries, 1849-1850

Creator/Contributor:

Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863

Creator/Contributor:

Gunnison, J. W. (John Williams), 1812-1853

Creator/Contributor:

Carrington, Albert, 1813-1889

Creator/Contributor:

Hudson, John, 1826-1850

Creator/Contributor:

United States, Army., Corps of Topographical Engineers.

Abstract:

Diaries kept on the expedition commanded by the U.S. Topographical Engineers, Captain Howard Stansbury and Lieutenant John Williams Gunnison, sent to survey the Great Salt Lake and adjacent valleys. The Stansbury and Gunnison diaries (9 v.) describe the journey to and from Fort Leavenworth and life among the Mormons, as well as the actual surveys, April 24, 1849-October 1, 1850. With these is the diary of Albert Carrington, a Utah settler hired as scientific assistant, April 3-December 24, 1850; and that of an artist, John Hudson, who served during the actual survey of the lake, April 3-June 28, 1850.

Date:

1849 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ut -- n-us-ks
Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- History -- Sources
Saints des derniers jours -- Utah -- Histoire -- Sources
Latter Day Saints
Travel
Great Salt Lake (Utah) -- Description and travel
Utah -- Description and travel
Kansas -- Description and travel
Salé, Grand lac (Utah) -- Descriptions et voyages
Kansas -- Descriptions et voyages
Kansas
Utah
Utah -- Great Salt Lake

Note:

Originals in: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 77.

Type:

History
Sources
Diaries.
Overland journals-1849.

Physical Description:

microfilm
1 reel microfilm (592 exposures) : negative (Rich. 112:11) and positive

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS P-F 360 FILMLOCAL

Origin:

United States