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Elias Cade diaries

Description: Elias Cade's diaries detail his time serving with the Army of the Potomac, the Army of the Tennessee, and the Military Division of the Mississippi, and his experiences in the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg, the siege of Atlanta, Sherman's March, and the Campaign of the Carolinas. The diaries cover Cade's entire war experience from enlistment to mustering out. There are also some notes by descendants of the Cade family.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1861-1865
Call number: mssCade
Creator: Cade, Elias (1841-1885)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Chip Tardiff, November 2020.

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Elias Cade's three diaries detail his time serving with the Army of the Potomac, the Army of the Tennessee, and the Military Division of the Mississippi, and his experiences in the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg, the siege of Atlanta, Sherman's March, and the Campaign of the Carolinas. The diaries cover Cade's entire war experience from enlistment to mustering out. There are also some notes by descendants of the Cade family.

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Diaries and family history of Elias Smith [microform] : 1836-1888

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Microfilm of a family history and twelve diary volumes kept by Elias Smith between 1836 and his death in 1888. The reel opens with a will written by Smith's grandfather Asael Smith for his wife and children (1799). That is followed by a volume of family history and genealogy kept by Elias Smith. The first diary volume, dated 1836, was kept while Smith was traveling to Kirtland, Ohio. The 1837 volume was kept while Smith was living at Kirtland; the 1838-1839 volume describes his life in Far West, Missouri; the 1843-1851 volume commences when Smith left Nashville, Iowa, for a postal job in Illinois, and also includes commentary on anti-Mormon sentiment; and the 1851-1854 diary covers his overland journey to Utah and work as a probate judge in Salt Lake City. The remaining seven diaries detail Smith's life in Utah from 1859-1888, focusing on his court and agricultural work. The manuscripts are on two microfilm reels as follows: Reel 1 - Asael Smith letter, family history and genealogy, and diaries dated 1836-1872; Reel 2 - continuation of 1836-1872 diary through 1874, and diaries dated 1874-1888.

MSS MFilm 00245

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Elias S. Ketcham diary

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Elias S. Ketcham of Rondout (Kingston), New York, kept this diary while living and working in the gold fields of California in 1853-54. He prospects for gold in Murphy's Camp, CA, but is not particularly successful in the mines. Ketcham often discusses his desire to return home to NY, his experiences as a miner, and his religious beliefs. The diary provides a colorful description of life in the mining camps: he describes his impressions of Indians, Mexicans, and Chinese and also discusses violent incidents in the mining communities

mssHM 58269

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