Jedediah Strong Smith papers, 1819-1833.

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Jedediah Strong Smith papers, 1819-1833.

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Manuscript of Jedediah S. Smith's "transcript journal" (1822, 1827-1828) in the hand of Samuel Parkman, and with notes concerning the manuscript by Dale L. Morgan. Transcript journal describes journey up the Missouri River in 1822; return from the first visit to California, 1827; second journey to California; experiences at Mission San Jose, Monterey and San Francisco; trapping in the Central Valley and up the coast of California and Oregon. Correspondence and other papers (25 items), including a letter by Austin Smith (1831) describing the death of J.S. Smith, an unsigned copy of a letter to Alexander Doniphan (1831), two brief sketches on Western history by John M. Smith, and a note by Ira G. Smith.

1 volume, 1 oversize folder.

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Doniphan, Alexander William, 1840-1858

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Smith, Ira Gilbert, 1811-1889.

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Ira Gilbert Smith was a Santa Fe trader, 1832-1834, a St. Louis merchant, 1835, a California emigrant, 1850, and later a farmer in Illinois. From the description of Ira Gilbert Smith papers, 1830-1920. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 25785607 ...

Smith, Austin, b. 1808.

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Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831

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Jedediah Strong Smith was born June 24, 1799 in Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York. He was the son of Jedediah Smith of New Hampshire and was the eldest of fourteen children. Jedediah's early childhood was spent in Ohio where he received and English and Latin education. At thirteen he became a clerk on a Lake Erie freighter where he learned business methods and met traders returning from the Far West. Jedediah became ambitious for an adventure to the wilderness and he went to St. Louis around...

Parkman, Samuel B.

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Smith, John M. B.

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Morgan, Dale L. (Dale Lowell), 1914-1971

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Author and historian of the Amercian West. From the description of Scrapbook, 1916-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122630659 Dale L. Morgan (1914-1971), Western historian, was born in Salt Lake City and educated at the University of Utah. He was state superintendent for the Utah Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (1940-42) and information specialist with the Office of Price Administration during World War II. As a Guggenheim Fellow for 1947-48, Morgan...