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The diary of a forty-niner
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Narrative of a Forty-Niner
Manuscripts
This manuscript, which is a typescript from the original, documents Smith's journey from New York to San Francisco between the dates January 15, 1849 and January 24, 1851. Included are voyages by sea and by horseback, across Mexico and California.
mssHM 30493
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[Impedimenta of a Forty-Niner]
Manuscripts
The collection contains J. Goldsborough Bruff's oversize revised version of his journal (c. 1853) which documents his journey across the American plains in 1849 by way of Lassen's Trail. Also included in the collection are 264 drawings of scenes from his overland journey, of various places he visited in California, and of his sea voyage to the Eastern United States via Mexico and Panama. Many of Bruff's drawings are in pencil, but thirty-eight of them were drawn with pastels and are in color.
HM 8044 (200)
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The Ferries of the Forty-Niners
Manuscripts
Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.
mssMarston papers