The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sketches from the journey and notes on life in California. The journals were written from the diaries. The notebooks contain more sketches from the trip and of equipment. There are memoranda of supplies and equipment, routes, and remedies.
Subject (Geographic):
California --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Maps, and West (U.S.) --Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889 and Washington City and California Mining Association
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining --California --History --19th century --Personal narratives, Gold mines and mining --North America --History --19th century, Gold mines and mining --Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Gold mines and mining --United States --History, and Gold mines and mining --West (U.S.) --History --19th century
La historia general delas Indias. Con priuilegio imperial. [Colophon: [para] Fin dela primera parte
Image Count:
1
Subject (Geographic):
America --Discovery and exploration --Spanish and America --Early accounts to 1600
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Natural history --Central America, Natural history --West Indies, and Shipwrecks
Collection Created:
La qual se acabo [y] imprimio enla muy noble [y] muy leal cibdad de Seuilla, enla empreta de Iuam Cromberger, el postrero dia del mes de Setiembre. Ano de mil y quinientos y treynta y conco Anos
La historia general delas Indias. Con priuilegio imperial. [Colophon: [para] Fin dela primera parte
Image Count:
1
Subject (Geographic):
America --Discovery and exploration --Spanish and America --Early accounts to 1600
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Natural history --Central America, Natural history --West Indies, and Shipwrecks
Collection Created:
La qual se acabo [y] imprimio enla muy noble [y] muy leal cibdad de Seuilla, enla empreta de Iuam Cromberger, el postrero dia del mes de Setiembre. Ano de mil y quinientos y treynta y conco Anos
La historia general delas Indias. Con priuilegio imperial. [Colophon: [para] Fin dela primera parte
Image Count:
1
Subject (Geographic):
America --Discovery and exploration --Spanish and America --Early accounts to 1600
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Natural history --Central America, Natural history --West Indies, and Shipwrecks
Collection Created:
La qual se acabo [y] imprimio enla muy noble [y] muy leal cibdad de Seuilla, enla empreta de Iuam Cromberger, el postrero dia del mes de Setiembre. Ano de mil y quinientos y treynta y conco Anos
La historia general delas Indias. Con priuilegio imperial. [Colophon: [para] Fin dela primera parte
Image Count:
1
Subject (Geographic):
America --Discovery and exploration --Spanish and America --Early accounts to 1600
Subject (Topic):
Hammocks--Pictorial works, Indians of North America, Natural history --Central America, Natural history --West Indies, and Voyages and travels --Early works to 1800
Collection Created:
La qual se acabo [y] imprimio enla muy noble [y] muy leal cibdad de Seuilla, enla empreta de Iuam Cromberger, el postrero dia del mes de Setiembre. Ano de mil y quinientos y treynta y conco Anos [1535]