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Manuscripts
Johnson, Parish B. (Parish Barkydt), b. 1838. 2 letters to Libbie Johnson. 2 items
- Description
- The papers include a diary kept by Parish B. Johnson when he was a captain in the U.S. Army during a trip from Drum Barracks, Wilmington, California to Tucson, Arizona, in 1864. There are also 38 pieces of correspondence primarily written within the Johnson family. The authors include Johnson himself, his wife Libbie, their son Smith S. Johnson, Parish's brother Grove L. Johnson, Grove's daughter Josephine and his son Albert M. Johnson as well as Libbie Johnson's aunt and uncle, Mary and Park Waterbury. The subjects covered are limited to family concerns and the newspaper business in Northern California and Washington Territory. The ephemera consists of four items.
- Date
- 1883-1885
- Call number
- mssJohnson papers
