William Stewart's journal, 1850 : a young man's account of his overland trip to the gold fields of California, 1850 March 30-1851 February 3.

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William Stewart's journal, 1850 : a young man's account of his overland trip to the gold fields of California, 1850 March 30-1851 February 3.

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The transcript includes an August 1979 introduction by Jean Smith; a letter from Stewart to his brother Archibald, 30 March 1850, from St. Louis as the party arranges for provisions to travel west; the annotated diary, 24 April-21 July 1850, describing the overland journey including a stop in Salt Lake City, Utah; and two letters, 3 February 1851, from Samuel Howe, Jr. to Stewart's mother and brother informing them of his death as does a 2 February 1851 letter from William C. Boyle to Archibald Stewart.

28 leaves : typed transcript.

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Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876

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Physician, reformer, and husband of Julia Ward Howe. From the description of Papers, 1868. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 46344998 Humanitarian crusader for many causes including Greek freedom, education for the disabled, prison reform, abolition, and black suffrage, Howe founded the Perkins School for the Blind and was the chairman of the Massachusetts Board of State Charities. When just out of the Harvard Medical School, he went to Greece as an army surgeon...

Stewart, Archibald,

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Stewart, William T., 1826 or 1827-1851

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William T. Stewart, the third son of Archibald and Jane Cummins Stewart, left the family farm in Greenville (now Penn Run), Indiana County, Pa. at age 23 for the gold fields of California in the spring of 1850. He died in Georgetown, Calif. from chronic diarrhea, 2 February 1851. From the description of William Stewart's journal, 1850 : a young man's account of his overland trip to the gold fields of California, 1850 March 30-1851 February 3. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries)...

Smith, Jean R.

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Stewart, Jane Cummins,

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Boyle, William C.,

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