Manuscripts

[FACSIMILE] Printed copies of Leadville, Colorado, maps, including 1879 topographical map

Description: 5 maps.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1836-1968.
Call number: mssBallou
Creator: Ballou, Sylvester A(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Albert Martin, 10/27/1980.
Associated people: Ballou, Julia Barnard.; Ballou, Orlando.; Ballou, Ray.; Ballou, Volney.; Conness, John,
Find out more

Maps and xerox copies of newspaper clippings

Manuscripts

12 pieces.

mssBallou

Image not available

[FACSIMILE] Photographic reproductions of assorted pages from the Plumas Argus between September 17, 1857 and September 27, 1860

Manuscripts

18 pages.

mssBallou

Image not available

Ephemera

Manuscripts

5 pieces. 3 clippings, fragment of undated letter; and fragment of letter with child's drawing on verso.

mssBallou

Image not available

The collection consists primarily of Sylvester Ballou's letters to various members of his family, assorted poems and public addresses prepared by Ballou, Ballou's diary of the year 1878 in Naperville, Ill. and his first wife Julia's diary of their sojourn in California during 1865 and 1866, letters written at different times by his brothers Orlando, Ray, and Volney, and a large amount of biographical data assembled by three of his granddaughters for a projected but uncompleted biography. The biographical materials include xerox copies of a number of letters and official records relating to his years in the California legislature and his military service, xeroxes of various pages from the Plumas (Co.) Argus between 1857 and 1860, and reproductions of several Leadville maps. Subject matter includes politics and government in Civil War-era California, ocean travel to and from California in 1865 and 1866, mining in California and Colorado, farm life in Illinois, and Ballou family history. Notable items include: Orlando Ballou's letters to his friend Moses Morgan about gold mining in Plumas County, Calif. in 1855 and 1856 (HM 51212-51214) including one letter with a pictorial lettersheet of The Miners' Ten Commandments on verso (HM 51214) 6 letters written between 1858 and 1864 about California politics (HM 51215, HM 51247, HM 51249, HM 51257, HM 51258 and HM 51262) 2 letters by Sylvester Ballou at the time of the Vicksburg campaign (HM 51224 and FAC 1068) Julia (Barnard) Ballou's diary of her ocean voyage to California and her residence there with husband Sylvester in 1865-1866 (HM 51207) Sylvester Ballou's letters to his wife Eliza Anne (Norton) Ballou during his stay in Leadville (HM 51226-51238)

mssBallou