Manuscripts
John Smith diaries
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A new map for travelers through the United States of America : showing the railroads, canals and stage roads with the distances / by J. Calvin Smith
Rare Books
Alternate title from cover. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Hastings September 1975. Submaps: Map of Oregon Northern California Santa Fe &c.; Map showing the Rail Roads between the Cities of New York, Boston & Albany, and the Hudson R. from New York to Albany; Railroad Route from New York to Philadelphia; Railroad and Canal routes from Albany to Buffalo. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
442530
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George A. Smith letter to Gen. John E. Smith
Manuscripts
Letter from George A. Smith to Gen. John E. Smith, Assessor of Internal Revenue, with descriptions of the southern counties of the Utah Territory. Includes prose accounts of the population, crops, irrigation, geography, cost of goods, and losses from Indian attacks for Sanpete County, Juab County, Sevier County, Piute County, Millard County, Beaver County, Iron County, Washington County, and Kane County. Smith also writes of the difficulty of reporting property losses because of the lack of roads and bridges and high postage costs.
mssHM 75012
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Jacob Medtart Smith diary
Manuscripts
Smith's diary, which begins in August 1846, gives brief descriptions of the towns in Mexico in which his regiment passed and in which they camped, such as Monclova and Saltillo, Mexico. He gives detailed information regarding his regiment's marches and the miles they covered and the death of several of his fellow soldiers. Smith mentions Major Solon Borland, Major General Zachary Taylor, Brigadier General John Wool, Colonel Archibald Yell, and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Smith gives a brief description of his experience in the Battle of Buena Vista and ends his diary with his regiment's march back to the United States to be mustered out of the army in July 1847
mssHM 63639
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Documents, journals, diaries
Manuscripts
This box contains: Account records, bills, invoices, 1853-1905 Government documents, 1849-1894 Journal of a trip to the American South by John Martin Vincent, 1846-1849 Journal of a trip to Italy by Phebe (Martin) Vincent, 1881 Pocket diaries of John Martin Vincent, 1853, 1856 Pocket diaries of Phebe (Martin) Vincent, 1854-1880 Receipts, checks, 1847-1894 Telegrams
VT 3951-3963
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Diary (Typescript)
Manuscripts
A collection of 99 items from 1841 to 1967; the collection consists of diaries, letters, documents and manuscripts primarily by John Doyle Lee. There is a letter by William W. Bishop that includes a list of names of persons in and present at the Mountain Meadows Massacre (mssHM 31237). There are also letters by and to several of John D. Lee's wives. There are six volumes of diaries by John D. Lee which span the years 1846 to 1876, as well as several facsimiles of Lee's diaries dating 1841 to 1860, and one diary of his wife, Rachel Andora Woolsey Lee, from 1856 to 1860. Many of the items in the collection are contemporary copies or facsimiles.
mssHM 26336
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Diary (Typescript)
Manuscripts
A collection of 99 items from 1841 to 1967; the collection consists of diaries, letters, documents and manuscripts primarily by John Doyle Lee. There is a letter by William W. Bishop that includes a list of names of persons in and present at the Mountain Meadows Massacre (mssHM 31237). There are also letters by and to several of John D. Lee's wives. There are six volumes of diaries by John D. Lee which span the years 1846 to 1876, as well as several facsimiles of Lee's diaries dating 1841 to 1860, and one diary of his wife, Rachel Andora Woolsey Lee, from 1856 to 1860. Many of the items in the collection are contemporary copies or facsimiles.
mssHM 31202