Diary of an overland journey to California, 1849-1850

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Title: Diary of an overland journey to California, 1849-1850
Creator: Davis, Sarah Green
Abstract: Sarah Davis's diary records her 1850 trip across the plains with her husband. Entries describe the scenery and trail conditions. Several pages of notes by her husband at the front of the diary indicate he had traveled to California once before in 1849. The journal is accompanied by three photographs of Sarah Davis
Description: Available on microfilm as part of the Beinecke Library's Frontier Women microfilm set.
The journal is difficult to read due to the faint pencil lead and the handwriting.
Provenance: Purchased with the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 1.
Extent: 133 p.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note: 46v-47r, 68v-72r blank. Blanks not digitized. The journal is difficult to read due to the faint pencil lead and the handwriting.
Language: English

Genre: Diaries United States
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): West (U.S.)
Subject (Name): Davis, Sarah Green.
Subject (Topic): Overland journeys to the Pacific
Description and travel
Subjects: Davis, Sarah Green
Overland journeys to the Pacific
West (U.S.) > Description and travel
United States
Overland journeys to the Pacific > 1849
Overland journeys to the Pacific > 1850

Access: Public
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Citation: Sarah Green Davis, Diary of an Overland Journey to California. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.