Imperfect: title page wanting (title, as above, supplied from the Folger library card; the by-line, omitted on the Folger card, supplied from the British museum catalogue); leaf t4 and quire Mm wanting; several leaves mutilated., In three parts, parts 2-3 with special title pages., and Signatures: A-T8a-s8t4Aa-Rr8.
Publisher:
by Jhon Daye, dwellinge at Aldersgate, and William Seres, dwelling in Peter colledge These bokes are too be sold at the new shop by the Litle Conduite in Chepeside,
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--N.T.--Revelation--Commentaries and Bible.--N.T.--Revelation--Paraphrases, English
Obedience of a Christen man : and how Christen rulers ought to governe
Description:
Colophon: At Marlborow in the läde of Hesse The seconde daye of October Anno M.CCCCC.xxviij by me Hans luft., Imperfect: cropped with some loss of text., and Signatures: A-X⁸.
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.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Falcon (Ship), Grantham, John Posey,--1812-1887., Saunders, Presley., and Tiffany, Palmer C.,--1809-
Subject (Topic):
Mines and mineral resources--California--El Dorado County., Ocean travel., Overland journeys to the Pacific., and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849.
The volume contains religious and moral extracts and thoughts, daily events for 1834-40, a list of Rev. Waller's books, and mission affairs for 1840-54.
Description:
Rev. Alvan R. Waller, with his wife and children, sailed to Oregon on the ship Lausanne in 1840, where he worked in the Methodist Episcopal Mission at Willamette Falls and later The Dalles Indian Mission. He became managing agent of Willamette University. and Volume stored in box; typed transcript stored in portfolio.
Subject (Geographic):
Dalles (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Methodist Episcopal Church--Oregon. and Waller, Alvan F.,--b. 1808.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Missions--Oregon. and Missions--Oregon.
