Overland to California in 1847 : letters written en route to California, west from Independence, Missouri, to the editor of the Joliet signal, 1847 : Typescript.

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Overland to California in 1847 : letters written en route to California, west from Independence, Missouri, to the editor of the Joliet signal, 1847 : Typescript.

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These letters, which Chester Ingersoll sent to the Joliet Signal, cover Ingersoll's overland trip to California. He includes many details about the journey including miles traveled each day, road and weather conditions, difficulties with the animals, the interaction with other travelers, the various historic sites along the trail, the equipment needed for the journey, and the Sioux Indians which he met at Fort Laramie. These typescripts are the copies edited by Douglas C. McMurtrie for publication in 1937.

18 pages, typescript, 28 cm.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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McMurtrie, Douglas C. (Douglas Crawford), 1888-1944

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American typographer, known principally as an authority on typography and the history of printing and also as an authority on provisions for crippled children and disabled soldiers. From the description of Letter, 1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122608887 Douglas C. McMurtrie, bibliographer and historian of printing, served as national editor of the American Imprints Inventory (1939-1942) of the nationwide Historical Records Survey, a Work Project Administration (WPA) p...

Ingersoll, Chester, 1789-1849

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Chester Ingersoll came to California in 1847 and settled in Napa, where he died two years later in 1849. From the description of Overland to California in 1847 : letters written en route to California, west from Independence, Missouri, to the editor of the Joliet signal, 1847 : Typescript. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228740533 ...