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Itinerary of a journey to and through Arizona in the winter of 1871-2
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Five letter books kept by Thaddeus Stanton while he served as paymaster general of the United States (1895-1899). The volumes include both handwritten and typed letters, signed by Stanton, most of which are labeled "unofficial" or "personal." The majority of the letters were written by Stanton to various military officers and friends, and the personal correspondence includes letters mentioning his time in the "far West," advice for obtaining supplies and elk hunting in Wyoming, and inquiries about family members and friends. The majority of the correspondence consists of letters of thanks for congratulations on his appointment as paymaster general, recommendations for other army officers and their families for government positions, and letters of introduction for various acquaintances (including Alice Underwood Hunt, the widow of former Colorado governor Alexander Hunt). Other correspondence focuses on the Spanish-American War ("I am looking for people to go to the Philippine Islands," he wrote in May 1898) and Stanton's plans to retire in 1899.
mssHM 75700-75704
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Cook's diary starts on March 12 when he leaves San Francisco for Alaska and ends September 23 after arriving back home in Lodi, California. Cook talks about traveling on ship, his arrival, his daily tasks, mining camps, etc. The diary also contains lists of supplies with prices and some accounting. With note found in diary.
mssHM 83409
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Diary details travels by train and driving excursions (by horse-drawn vehicles) around California from February to April 1898. The diarist first journeys along the Pacific coast to Santa Barbara, where he describes the weather and climate, the town, and a visit to a local mission. He takes excursions from Santa Barbara to nearby Montecito, Carpinteria, Ventura, Goleta, and Naples, observing the homes of wealthy Easterners, large grapevines, the oil industry, cattle ranches, and the drought. He then travels to Fresno, where he writes about the city, malaria, heat and drought, water supply, the fruit industry, and a visit to the city's Chinatown. From Fresno, the diarist travels to the Monterey Peninsula via Tracy, Livermore, and San Jose. He describes the weather, land prices, and the towns of Pacific Grove and Monterey, and visits a giant live oak tree. The traveler then moves on to Southern California, stopping in Pasadena and Santa Monica before spending several days in San Diego, where he stays at the Coronado Hotel and writes of the weather, and the houses, streets, and landscape of the city, which he dislikes; he also visits La Jolla and the "Ramona House" adobe (possibly the Casa de Estudillo in San Diego). After a brief side trip to Tijuana, the diarist travels to San Bernadino County and the towns of San Bernadino, Riverside, and Pomona, with an added excursion into the mountains. Entries discuss the area's landscape, citrus groves, and the challenges of the orange industry. He ends his California journey in Los Angeles, leaving on April 8 and arriving in New York 10 days later. Final entries discuss the weather and scenery enroute and include some detailed description of the Colorado Springs area. The Southern Pacific Railroad is mentioned several times in the journal. The diary is in pencil, written in a bound "Memoranda" notebook. Also present is a second, unbound journal by the same author detailing an October 1898 hunting trip, most likely to Maine, which primarily contains descriptions of the weather (17 pages). In addition, there are three unused postcards depicting Los Angeles area real estate subdivisions, the Pacific Grove bathing beach, and the Riverside Salt Lake Railroad viaduct.
mssHM 84034
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This manuscript is Nevins' account of his journey from Illinois to California via the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, and then by steamboat through the Panama Canal to New York. Much of it is description of the countryside, towns, and inhabitants he visits en route. He arrived in San Diego, CA, on February 21, 1874, and prospected for three weeks without success, then boarded the boat. Upon reaching Panama, there was a delay, as the ship Nevins was to take was being repaired; he writes "The waiting here is very irksome. I fear the folks at home will be anxious about us." Dated January 10 through April 1. Also included is 15-page typescript of the original.
mssHM 26339
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Microfilm of two of Henry C. Jacobs' diaries, kept while he was serving as a missionary in England and Scotland from 1867-1870. The first volume covers June-December 1867, including a detailed account of Jacobs' overland journey from Utah, which included stops at Bear River, Soda Springs, Fort Bridger, the Green River, Bitter Creek, Sulpher Station, the Platte River, the Laramie River, the Black Hills, Omaha, Council Bluffs, the Mississippi River, Chicago, Detroit, Syracuse, and New York City. He sailed from New York on July 6, arriving in Liverpool on July 18. The rest of the volume recounts his missionary experiences in and around Birmingham, including at Lichfield, West Bromwich, Walsall, Chasetown, Wolverhampton, and Moxby. The volume ends with recipes for hair oils and pomatums. The second volume begins in December 1868, and gives an account of Jacobs' mission work in Manchester, Oldham, Haywood, Radcliffe, Ashton, Bradford, Leigh, Royton, Stockport, Tottington, Birkenhead, Rockdale, and Bolton. He recalls attending a Church conference in Glasgow in March 1869, and he returned to the Scottish mission from July 1868 to June 1870. The diary also includes references to a trip Jacobs made to Ireland in April 1870.
MSS MFilm 00049
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These volumes cover Hatchett's tour of England and Scotland from April 26 to August 14, 1796. In the diary, Hatchett talks about the cities in which he traveled; the various landscapes he passed; and each town's mining, manufacturing and metallurgy industries. He started his tour in London and traveled to Devon where he saw the Portland stone quarries and the Bovey lignite mines. He then went to Cornwall where he observed mining and smelting operations and collected materials. His next stop was Birmingham where he visited Boulton & Watt and other factories of brass-ware before proceeding to the great iron works at Coalbrookdale. Hatchett travels then to Derbyshire where he describes the city's lead mines. He also visited the steel works in Sheffield and chemical and lead works in Newcastle. He traveled north to Edinburgh where he spent two weeks in academic circles. Also in Scotland he visited lead mines at Tyndrum and Glasgow. He journeyed through Clydesdale and Lowther Hills where he saw their lead mines and ironworks. He then started his journey home through the Lake District.
mssHM 71899 (vol. 1-5)