Manuscripts

Brier, James Welch & Juliet Brier Wells. To Dear Old Comrades. Antioch, Calif

Description: In the handwriting of James W. Brier.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1896 Jan. 16
Call number: JA 76
Creator: Jayhawker Party(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Edward T. Colton, 1930.; Asa Haines diary (JA 1051), gift of G. William Hume, September 1957.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.; RESTRICTED: Box 12: Asa Haines diary is fragile; use facsimile reproduction. Original available with curatorial approval only.

Brier, James Welch and Brier, Juliet Wells. To The Jayhawkers. Arcata, Calif

Manuscripts

In the handwriting of James W. Brier.

JA 75

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Haines, Asa. To Brier, James Welch & Brier, Juliet Wells. Knoxville, Ill

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters, narratives, and eight large volumes of clippings related to the members of the Jayhawkers, their overland trip to the California gold fields through Death Valley, and their annual reunions held between 1872 to 1918. It also contains diaries by Asa Haines and Sheldon Young of the Jayhawkers' route and a map of Death Valley by William Lewis Manly, approximately 1889. The collection was assembled by John B. Colton (1831-1919), a member of the Jayhawker party. Participants in the collection include: John Wells Brier, Reverend James Brier, William Frederick Dody, Jessie Benton Fremont, John Groscup, Eliza Poor Donner Houghton, Charles Fletcher Lummis, William Lewis Manley, Charles B. Mecum, and Lorenzo Dow Stephens. The collection also includes items related to Mary Hunter Austin, Frederic Remington, and Theodore Roosevelt.

JA 511

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Mecum, Charles Bert. To Brier, James Welch & Brier, Juliet Wells. Rippey, Iowa

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JA 666

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Colton, John Burt. To Brier, James Welch & Brier, Juliet Wells. Kansas City, Mo

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JA 161

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Colton, John Burt. To Brier, James Welch & Brier, Juliet Wells. Kansas City, Mo

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JA 160

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Groscup, John. To Brier, Juliet Wells. Laytonville, Calif

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Brier, James Welch & Juliet Brier Wells. To Dear Old Comrades. Antioch, Calif

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