[Transcript] Overland journey : from Mount Pleasant, Iowa to California, experiences at the mines, and the voyage home by the Isthmus
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Description
- Title
- [Transcript] Overland journey : from Mount Pleasant, Iowa to California, experiences at the mines, and the voyage home by the Isthmus
- Creator
- Tiffany, Palmer C., 1809-
- Contributor
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Falcon (Ship)
Grantham, John Posey,--1812-1887.
Saunders, Presley.
Tiffany, Palmer C.,--1809- - Published / Created
- 1849-1851
- Abstract
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The journal records the 1849 trip from Iowa to California by a company under Presley Saunders. They went by boat from Burlington to St. Louis, St. Joseph, and overland by Sublette's Cutoff, Fort Hall, the Humboldt, Carson River, Hangtown, and the mines. The diary ends at the mines, but while traveling home on the ship Falcon in 1851, he copied entries for November and December 1849 from J. Grantham's diary, summarized events from his life in the mines, and made notes on his sea voyage. The journal is accompanied by a copy photograph of a charcoal portrait of Tiffany.
- Description
- Tiffany with his wife and father-in-law, Pennel Cheney, migrated to Iowa from Massachusetts, settling in Mount Pleasant in 1838. Tiffany opened a tavern, was engaged in the jewelry business, and served as justice of the peace and postmaster. He was one of the early trustees of Iowa Wesleyan College.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA MSS 474
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
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Diaries--United States.
Transcriptions
Typescripts - Resource Type
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Subject (Geographic)
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
- Subject (Name)
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Falcon (Ship)
Grantham, John Posey,--1812-1887.
Saunders, Presley.
Tiffany, Palmer C.,--1809- - Subject (Topic)
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Mines and mineral resources--California--El Dorado County.
Ocean travel.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
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P. C. Tiffany, Overland Journey from Mount Pleasant, Iowa to California. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Withington, M. C. Catalogue of Western Americana Manuscripts 474.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 3108906
- Object ID (OID)
- 16699287
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