Holograph manuscript diary, written by Ralph W. Pope while employed as a telegrapher in British Columbia by the Collins Overland Telegraph Company. The diary describes his experiences as a member of an exploring party in the Fraser River region led by Franklin Leonard Pope, and his work in constructing telegraph lines in the region and as a telegrapher in Quesnel.
Description:
Manuscript diary is written from both directions and in both orientations.
Subject (Geographic):
British Columbia--Discovery and exploration, Fraser River Region (B.C.)--Description and travel, and Quesnel (B.C.)
Subject (Name):
Butler, James L, Collins Overland Telegraph Company, Pope, Frank L.--(Franklin Leonard),--1840-1895, and Pope, Ralph W
Double columns on single page., Manuscript fragment on parchment., Page numbers have been added in pencil using original fold., and Pages 4 and 1 have a partial illustration.
Subject (Name):
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De republica, Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Somnium Scipionis, Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius. Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis, and Porphyry, ca. 234-ca. 305