MS note in ink and pencil, Notebook and first gathering foliated consecutively., One quarto notebook and two sewn folio gatherings of 44 pages each housed in two folders., Some errors in foliation., and Title revised and pasted in inside front cover of notebook.
Subject (Name):
House of Refuge (New York, NY)
Subject (Topic):
African American prisoners--New York (State), Juvenile delinquents --New York (State) --New York, Prison discipline--United States--History--19th century, Prison life--New York (State)--19th century, and Reformatories --New York (State) --New York
The manuscript describes an 1856 journey from Wisconsin to California starting by train to Chicago and Iowa City, then overland by Council Bluffs, the Platte, Fort Laramie, Malade River, the Humboldt, Lassen’s Cut-off, and the Sacramento Valley. The account reports hardships and sufferings, the friendliness of Mormon women and fellow travelers, but gives few details about the route.
Description:
Autograph manuscript. and Transcribed for the North Western Home Journal.
Holograph diary. Entries concern preaching engagments during his retirement, impressions of other ministers, interpretation of Scripture, and religious life in New Haven. Also discussed are circumstances of his dismissal from churches in Southington and M
Stuart, of Southville, Connecticut, left Bridgwater for New Haven where he joined the New Haven and California Joint Stock Company. The Company chartered the bark Anna Reynolds, with Capt. John Bottom, and sailed for California. and The journal describes the 1849 voyage around the Horn, by Talcahuano to California and the return voyage in 1850. After a gap, the journal resumes with the company breaking up in San Francisco and Stuart setting off for the mines at Negro Bar on the American River. In March 1850, the journal describes passage on the ship Talma from San Francisco to Realejo, Nicaragua. There is a table of latitude and longitude readings and five pencil sketches of the shoreline of Guatemala and El Salvador.
Description:
Blank pages included in pagination but not scanned.
Subject (Geographic):
Central America --Pictorial works and Diaries --United States
Subject (Name):
Anna Reynolds (bark), New Haven and California Joint Stock Company, and Talma (Ship)
Nine pocket diaries from the years 1867, 1868, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, and 1880, containing brief holograph entries documenting Smith's activities as a law student at the University of Michigan; his early involvement in organizing clubs for young Democratics; his travels in the West, to the Northeast, and to his family home in Indiana, by steamer, stagecoach, and train; his work as a district and a criminal attorney in Texas; and his social and religious activities. Individuals mentioned in Smith's diaries include friends J. A. Cheneworth, John R. Higdon and Joseph W. Waddell, and his brothers Joseph and Zachary of Bonham, Texas; Thomas J. Brown and J. W. Throckmorton, Smith's friends and law partners in Sherman, Texas; and James Preston, whom Smith defended in his Dallas, Texas murder trial. and The daily entries in the diaries are followed by names and addresses of acquaintances, personal financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes. A pocket notebook dated 1870 Dec 26 contains copies in Smith's hand of forms of indictment for various crimes.
Description:
Lucas F. Smith was born ca. 1840 in Wells County, Indiana. He apprenticed as a printer in 1859, and was a member of Company G of the 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1863 and 1865. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1868, he travelled West to Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1870 he was appointed district attorney for the 11th Judicial District at Bonham, Texas. Between 1873 and 1880, the date of the last diary, Smith practiced law with Thomas J. Brown and I. W. Throckmorton in Sherman, Texas, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his license to practice law; travelled to Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, St. Louis, Colorado, New Mexico, New York State, Boston, and Rhode Island; and practiced law in Dallas, Texas. and Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund.
Subject (Geographic):
Ann Arbor (Mich.)--Social life and customs, Bonham (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Buffton (Ind.)--Social life and customs, Colorado--Description and travel, Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Nebraska--Description and travel, New Mexico--Description and travel, New York (State)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs, Sherman (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas J, Cheneworth, J. A, Democratic Party (U.S.) Michigan, Denton & Wood. Pocket diary, Preston, Ja. (James), Smith, Joseph, 1870-1940, Smith, Lucas F, Smith, Zachary, fl. 1870, Texas. District Court (11th Judicial District), Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894, University of Michigan. Department of Law. Students, and Waddell, Joseph W
Nine pocket diaries from the years 1867, 1868, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, and 1880, containing brief holograph entries documenting Smith's activities as a law student at the University of Michigan; his early involvement in organizing clubs for young Democratics; his travels in the West, to the Northeast, and to his family home in Indiana, by steamer, stagecoach, and train; his work as a district and a criminal attorney in Texas; and his social and religious activities. Individuals mentioned in Smith's diaries include friends J. A. Cheneworth, John R. Higdon and Joseph W. Waddell, and his brothers Joseph and Zachary of Bonham, Texas; Thomas J. Brown and J. W. Throckmorton, Smith's friends and law partners in Sherman, Texas; and James Preston, whom Smith defended in his Dallas, Texas murder trial. and The daily entries in the diaries are followed by names and addresses of acquaintances, personal financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes.
Description:
Lucas F. Smith was born ca. 1840 in Wells County, Indiana. He apprenticed as a printer in 1859, and was a member of Company G of the 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1863 and 1865. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1868, he travelled West to Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1870 he was appointed district attorney for the 11th Judicial District at Bonham, Texas. Between 1873 and 1880, the date of the last diary, Smith practiced law with Thomas J. Brown and I. W. Throckmorton in Sherman, Texas, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his license to practice law; travelled to Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, St. Louis, Colorado, New Mexico, New York State, Boston, and Rhode Island; and practiced law in Dallas, Texas. and Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund.
Subject (Geographic):
Ann Arbor (Mich.)--Social life and customs, Bonham (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Buffton (Ind.)--Social life and customs, Colorado--Description and travel, Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Nebraska--Description and travel, New Mexico--Description and travel, New York (State)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs, Sherman (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas J, Cheneworth, J. A, Democratic Party (U.S.) Michigan, Denton & Wood. Pocket diary, Lovell, M. N. Improved diary or marginal indexed book of daily record, Preston, Ja. (James), Smith, Joseph, 1870-1940, Smith, Lucas F, Smith, Zachary, fl. 1870, Texas. District Court (11th Judicial District), Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894, University of Michigan. Department of Law. Students, and Waddell, Joseph W
Nine pocket diaries from the years 1867, 1868, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, and 1880, containing brief holograph entries documenting Smith's activities as a law student at the University of Michigan; his early involvement in organizing clubs for young Democratics; his travels in the West, to the Northeast, and to his family home in Indiana, by steamer, stagecoach, and train; his work as a district and a criminal attorney in Texas; and his social and religious activities. Individuals mentioned in Smith's diaries include friends J. A. Cheneworth, John R. Higdon and Joseph W. Waddell, and his brothers Joseph and Zachary of Bonham, Texas; Thomas J. Brown and J. W. Throckmorton, Smith's friends and law partners in Sherman, Texas; and James Preston, whom Smith defended in his Dallas, Texas murder trial. and The daily entries in the diaries are followed by names and addresses of acquaintances, personal financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes.
Description:
Lucas F. Smith was born ca. 1840 in Wells County, Indiana. He apprenticed as a printer in 1859, and was a member of Company G of the 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1863 and 1865. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1868, he travelled West to Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1870 he was appointed district attorney for the 11th Judicial District at Bonham, Texas. Between 1873 and 1880, the date of the last diary, Smith practiced law with Thomas J. Brown and I. W. Throckmorton in Sherman, Texas, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his license to practice law; travelled to Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, St. Louis, Colorado, New Mexico, New York State, Boston, and Rhode Island; and practiced law in Dallas, Texas. and Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund.
Subject (Geographic):
Ann Arbor (Mich.)--Social life and customs, Bonham (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Buffton (Ind.)--Social life and customs, Colorado--Description and travel, Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Nebraska--Description and travel, New Mexico--Description and travel, New York (State)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs, Sherman (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas J, Cheneworth, J. A, Democratic Party (U.S.) Michigan, Denton & Wood. Pocket diary, Lovell, M. N. Improved diary or marginal indexed book of daily record, Preston, Ja. (James), Smith, Joseph, 1870-1940, Smith, Lucas F, Smith, Zachary, fl. 1870, Texas. District Court (11th Judicial District), Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894, University of Michigan. Department of Law. Students, and Waddell, Joseph W
Nine pocket diaries from the years 1867, 1868, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, and 1880, containing brief holograph entries documenting Smith's activities as a law student at the University of Michigan; his early involvement in organizing clubs for young Democratics; his travels in the West, to the Northeast, and to his family home in Indiana, by steamer, stagecoach, and train; his work as a district and a criminal attorney in Texas; and his social and religious activities. Individuals mentioned in Smith's diaries include friends J. A. Cheneworth, John R. Higdon and Joseph W. Waddell, and his brothers Joseph and Zachary of Bonham, Texas; Thomas J. Brown and J. W. Throckmorton, Smith's friends and law partners in Sherman, Texas; and James Preston, whom Smith defended in his Dallas, Texas murder trial. and The daily entries in the diaries are followed by names and addresses of acquaintances, personal financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes.
Description:
Lucas F. Smith was born ca. 1840 in Wells County, Indiana. He apprenticed as a printer in 1859, and was a member of Company G of the 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1863 and 1865. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1868, he travelled West to Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1870 he was appointed district attorney for the 11th Judicial District at Bonham, Texas. Between 1873 and 1880, the date of the last diary, Smith practiced law with Thomas J. Brown and I. W. Throckmorton in Sherman, Texas, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his license to practice law; travelled to Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, St. Louis, Colorado, New Mexico, New York State, Boston, and Rhode Island; and practiced law in Dallas, Texas. and Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund.
Subject (Geographic):
Ann Arbor (Mich.)--Social life and customs, Bonham (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Buffton (Ind.)--Social life and customs, Colorado--Description and travel, Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Nebraska--Description and travel, New Mexico--Description and travel, New York (State)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs, Sherman (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas J, Cheneworth, J. A, Democratic Party (U.S.) Michigan, Denton & Wood. Pocket diary, Lovell, M. N. Improved diary or marginal indexed book of daily record, Preston, Ja. (James), Smith, Joseph, 1870-1940, Smith, Lucas F, Smith, Zachary, fl. 1870, Texas. District Court (11th Judicial District), Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894, University of Michigan. Department of Law. Students, and Waddell, Joseph W
Nine pocket diaries from the years 1867, 1868, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, and 1880, containing brief holograph entries documenting Smith's activities as a law student at the University of Michigan; his early involvement in organizing clubs for young Democratics; his travels in the West, to the Northeast, and to his family home in Indiana, by steamer, stagecoach, and train; his work as a district and a criminal attorney in Texas; and his social and religious activities. Individuals mentioned in Smith's diaries include friends J. A. Cheneworth, John R. Higdon and Joseph W. Waddell, and his brothers Joseph and Zachary of Bonham, Texas; Thomas J. Brown and J. W. Throckmorton, Smith's friends and law partners in Sherman, Texas; and James Preston, whom Smith defended in his Dallas, Texas murder trial. and The daily entries in the diaries are followed by names and addresses of acquaintances, personal financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes. A printed voter registration certificate completed in manuscript for Smith dated 1873 August 5, West Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, and a letter of introduction dated 1874 Jun 10, were removed from the 1875 diary and placed in a separate folder.
Description:
Lucas F. Smith was born ca. 1840 in Wells County, Indiana. He apprenticed as a printer in 1859, and was a member of Company G of the 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1863 and 1865. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1868, he travelled West to Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1870 he was appointed district attorney for the 11th Judicial District at Bonham, Texas. Between 1873 and 1880, the date of the last diary, Smith practiced law with Thomas J. Brown and I. W. Throckmorton in Sherman, Texas, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his license to practice law; travelled to Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, St. Louis, Colorado, New Mexico, New York State, Boston, and Rhode Island; and practiced law in Dallas, Texas. and Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund.
Subject (Geographic):
Ann Arbor (Mich.)--Social life and customs, Bonham (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Buffton (Ind.)--Social life and customs, Colorado--Description and travel, Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Nebraska--Description and travel, New Mexico--Description and travel, New York (State)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs, Sherman (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas J, Cheneworth, J. A, Democratic Party (U.S.) Michigan, Denton & Wood. Pocket diary, Lovell, M. N. Improved diary or marginal indexed book of daily record, Preston, Ja. (James), Smith, Joseph, 1870-1940, Smith, Lucas F, Smith, Zachary, fl. 1870, Texas. District Court (11th Judicial District), Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894, University of Michigan. Department of Law. Students, and Waddell, Joseph W