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Journal and memoirs of Thomas Atkinson

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Description: A group of manuscripts of Thomas Atkinson, including his journal, a memoir of his journey to America, a letter addressed to R.H Alcock (1882, Nov. 20), his seaman's certificate, and a photograph taken in the early 1880s.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1845-1882.
Call number: mssHM 68457-68460
Creator: Atkinson, Thomas (approximately 1822-)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: The journal also contains some devotional and temperance poems, drafts of letters home, miscellaneous cash accounts, notes, etc.
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Charles Hayward Brooks memoir

Manuscripts

This typescript of a memoir by Charles Brooks only contains six pages (presumably from a longer, more complete manuscript) that covers Brooks' time living in Placer County, including his father and uncle's experience with mining, the mercantile business, his remembrances of San Francisco, his journey back to Vermont, and later trips back to California.

mssHM 84068

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Thomas Cochran journal of a journey to Yo-Semite Valley

Manuscripts

Journal of a journey to Yosemite Valley and a voyage from San Francisco to the Isthmus of Panama aboard the ship Sacramento.

mssHM 52693

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George Henry Atkinson papers

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters which document Atkinson's labors as a missionary, descriptions of conditions in Oregon, and his attempts to advance education.

mssHM 4388-4514

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George Henry Atkinson papers

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters which document Atkinson's labors as a missionary, descriptions of conditions in Oregon, and his attempts to advance education.

mssHM 4388-4514

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Thomas W. Thompson journal

Manuscripts

The diary that Thompson began upon his graduation from Harvard in July 1786 and kept throughout the year. Detailed, candid entries record the busy social life of the young Harvard graduate in Byfield and Franklin. Included are records of frequent trips to Newburyport, Wrentham, Boston, and Providence, R.I. The latter accompanied by a sketch of Brown University. In his diary Thompson recaps sermons and public lectures by Nathanael Emmons, David Sanford, Samuel Spring, and others, including Noah Webster's lectures on the English language and education; a "Lafayette evening," and other social and political events. The journal contains lively records of his encounters and conversations with Theophilus Bradbury, Theophilus Parsons, Nathanael Emmons, Samuel Spring, and other notables; many entries contain snippets of dialogue such as lively exchange on the "the manners of Virginians" including George Washington. The diary also reflects Thompson's thoughts on his reading and studies, his religious views, reflections on the nature of religion, Deism, and "natural philosophy," political opinions, and his considerable anxiety about his future.

mssHM 39721

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Journal

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.

mssHM 8044

Journal and memoirs of Thomas Atkinson

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