The journal describes an overland trip from Mendon, Michigan to Virginia City, Montana and the return trip. Voorhees traveled along the Bozeman Trail and Bridger's Road. The journal has been reversed and three entries for July and August 1864 were added. There is a photoprint of Voorhees in the diary.
Subject (Geographic):
Bozeman Trail, Montana--Description and travel, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Barnabee, James S, Crumbaker, Thomas A, Jacobs, Thomas S, Marantette, F. Columbus, Uptegrove, Charles W, and Voorhees, Abram H.,--1824-
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining--Montana and Indians of North America--West (U.S.)
Holograph journal of the author’s naval service from 1845 to 1861, with some verses dated 1867. The volume begins with a summary of his service on the HMS Seaflower, sailing between Jersey and northern France, as well as on the steam ship Sidon. He then describes his service on the HMS Orestes, with which he sails to Mozambique, Zanzibar, and Mauritius. He mentions the weather and routine ship duties, as well as shoots gazelles and hippopotami and chases various vessels, including a number of slave ships. On November 19, 1851, they begin to chase a brig, but gives up when it hoists American colors; in January 1852, they chase and take the Maryanne, a brig from Havana equipped for the slave trade, whose crew the writer describes as all seeming to be "hardened slavers." The manuscript also contains his subsequent appointments on the HMS Excellent and HMS Terrible, and further naval service in Cornwallis, Brunswick, and Cambridge; as well as extensive records of his activities on land, in which he describes primarily routine social events, such as visits to his aunt Sarah and other friends; subscribing to the library; dancing; and flute lessons.
Subject (Geographic):
Africa --Description and travel and Great Britain --Social life and customs --19th century
Subject (Name):
Baines, Matthew Talbot, 1799-1860, Bosquet, Pierre, 1810-1870, Great Britain. Royal Navy --Diaries, Great Britain. Royal Navy --Sea life, Jones-Parry, John Parry, 1829-1920, Samwell, William, b. 1832, and Windham, Charles Ash, Sir, 1810-1870
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, Pen drawing, Poetry, English --19th century, Sailors --Great Britain --Diaries, Sentimentalism in literature, Slave trade --Africa, East, and Women authors
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