• M.A. Violette, Journal of a Trip Overland from Huntsville, Missouri to Sleepy Hollow, California, April 12 to Sept. 5, 1849

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Language:
  • English
Call number:
  • C0199 no. 1092
Extent:
  • 1 v. (66 p.) ; 19 x 17 cm.
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Type:
  • Diaries
Description:
  • "M.A. Violette Day Book for 1848"--p. [2] of cover.
  • Spine title.
Subject:
  • Violette, M. A.
  • Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • Miners—West (U.S.)—19th century—Diaries
  • California—Description and travel—19th century
  • Missouri—Description and travel—19th century
  • West (U.S.)—Description and travel—19th century
  • Diaries—19th century
Title sort:
  • Manuscript journal, 1848-1849.
Spatial:
  • United States
Binding note:
  • Red half morocco slipcase.
Created:
  • 1848-01-01T00:00:00Z/1849-12-31T23:59:59Z
Date:
  • 1848-1849.
Abstract:
  • A forty-miner's ms. journal of a trip overland from Huntsville, Missouri to Sleepy Hollow, California, dated April 12 to Sept. 5, 1849, with a daily record of route and distances. Includes a photograph of "Dad" Violette, Florida, Mo. pasted down on p. [2] of cover.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/j6731452g
Location:
  • MSS C0199 no. 1092
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Range label:
  • Main Structure
  • Photograph
  • Title page
  • April 12, 1849
  • May 1849
  • June 1849
  • July 1849
  • Aug. 1849
  • Sept. 1849
  • Oct. 1849
  • Nov. 1849
  • Dec. 1849
Creator:
  • Violette, M. A.
Author:
  • Violette, M. A.
Provenance:
  • Bookplate of Philip Ashton Rollins.
Former owner:
  • Rollins, Philip Ashton, 1869-1950
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