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Henry P. Fleischman journal
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Fleischman's journal starts on December 13, 1812 while he is onboard the brig Hunter, which the British ship Phoebe captured on December 23rd. In his journal, Fleischman details how he and his crew mates board the Phoebe and sail for Plymouth where they are put on the prison ship Hector. Fleischman complains about the lack of food and water and the treatment he and his men receive in prison by the British. He also makes comments upon the new prisoners coming in everyday from various American ships that had been captured, as well as the sickness and death onboard. While in prison, he goes ashore to Plymouth to make an official complaint about the prison conditions to an American agent. He and his men eventually get transferred to several different prison ships and there are daily rumors that they are going to be exchanged or paroled. When this part of his journal ends, it is April 1813 and he had been moved to a prison ship at the Chatham Dockyard in Kent. The journal jumps to May 31, and Fleischman is on the frigate Chesapeake; he then details the battle between his ship and the frigate Shannon, including the wounding and eventual death of his captain James Lawrence and the capture of the Chesapeake by the Shannon. He also includes a list of officers killed and wounded during the battle.
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Henry Ballard journal
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Typescript of a journal kept by Henry Ballard from the time of his departure from England in 1832 until 1904. He describes his journey to the United States onboard the Kennebec and gives a first hand account of the explosion of the Saluda in 1852. He also keeps an almost daily record of his time fighting in the Utah War from 1857-1858, which includes references to Orrin Porter Rockwell, the taking of Fort Bridger, and the establishment of Camp Floyd by the United States Army. Ballard travelled frequently throughout Utah and to Wyoming, and included is a careful record of these travels. Much of the journal focuses on his daily life in Logan, Utah, as well as descriptions of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints activities and leaders, including Joseph Young, George Albert Smith, and John Taylor. Brief references to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and Ballard's attendance of Brigham Young's funeral are also included.
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Henry Leavitt Ellsworth journal
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Henry Leavitt Ellsworth's journal, which is in the form of a letter to his wife Nancy Goodrich Ellsworth, covers Ellsworth's 1832 trip, starting at Fort Gibson, across what is now Oklahoma. His travel companions were Washington Irving, Joseph Charles Latrobe, and Albert, Count de Pourtalés. The journal includes details regarding the group's route, the physical description of the area, and the group's interactions with the Pawnee and the Osage Indians. Ellsworth also tells about several buffalo and wild horse hunts in which he and Washington Irving participate. The journal was published in 1937 with the title Washington Irving on the prairie.
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Henry Lunt journal
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A manuscript copy of the journal that Henry Lunt kept while serving as the assistant clerk of the pioneer company led by George Albert Smith (1817-1875), that journeyed from Salt Lake City, Utah to Parowan. Lunt gives such details as the names of those in the company, lists of their provisions, and a day to day account of their journey.
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Charles Hoyt Thorpe journal
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Charles Hoyt Thorpe's journal, autobiography, and genealogy, kept from 1913 until 1938 and intended to be a family record for his daughters. Includes detailed accounts of his family history, including ancestors on his father's side back to William Thorpe, a settler in New Haven, Connecticut in the 1630s, and on his mother's side to Massachusetts in the 1640s. Continues with a biographical account of his parents and an autobiographical account of his childhood and young adulthood, including his courtship of Mary Moore (with references to their attendance of the Tournament of Roses in 1907) and his experience of the San Francisco Earthquake. The majority of the volume consists of journal entries from throughout the Thorpes' married life, including a flood that destroyed their orchard in 1914, trips to Oregon and Michigan, and their move to Malibu. Also included are references to World War I (of which Thorpe writes "While I have not offered my services, I have purchased...each series of bonds as issued"), including the death of Thorpe's brother Harvey while in transport to Europe in November 1918, and the influenza outbreak of 1918-1919. Included in the volume is a watercolor of the house Thorpe was born in in Iowa, a photograph of his first schoolhouse in Whittier, and a photograph of his and Mary's "trysting place" in a woodland clearing. Also included is a pamphlet from Los Angeles High School's 1896 graduation ceremony.
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Journal of prospecting experiences in Colorado
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Diary kept by Henry Gramesly while he prospected in Colorado from May to July 1880, and resuming with his return trip from July to August 1881. The diary opens with Gramesly traveling by rail through the Kenosha Pass in Colorado and his arrival in Leadville. Shortly after his arrival 6,000 miners went on strike demanding higher wages. Gramesly tracks the strike, which continued throughout the month of June until it was broken by militiamen sent by Governor Frederick Pitkin. Gramesly writes of men being shot, the introduction of martial law, and "great excitement" in the city. He reflects several times that the setting and situation "puts me in mind of the Army." At the same time as the strike, high winds drove a major forest fire through the area. "Damn the country...the forests are on fire in every direction," Gramesly wrote, continuing it was so "smoky [I] can't really see the mountains." At this time a circus also came to town, which Gramesly notes in passing. In the midst of all these happenings, Gramesly went on prospecting, and on July 5 some of his companions discovered gold and staked a claim not far from their camp, called Gramesly's Camp. The diary ends on July 10, 1880, and picks up again in June 1881, when Gramesly returned to Colorado from Illinois. He writes of setting up a tunnel company with his five companions, and that he was given 10,400 shares, with a total value of $104,000. The tunnel was built near Eagle Point, and Gramesly mentions the Cave, Tray, and Waterloo Lodes, among others. He continued prospecting and hiking in the area, and records hunting sheep on La Plata and the view from Eagle Point. He also records his sighting of the Great Comet of 1881 and mentions in passing that "the President [James A. Garfield] is dying." The back of the diary contains a list of letters Gramesly sent, some miscellaneous accounting notes, and additional diary entries from early May 1880. In the diary Gramesly refers to his father as WSG, his brother as CG, and his fiancee Harriet as Hat.
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