Journal of a trip across the plains of the U.S. from Mo. to Cal. / by J. Robert Brown, 1856 April 29-Oct. 6.

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Journal of a trip across the plains of the U.S. from Mo. to Cal. / by J. Robert Brown, 1856 April 29-Oct. 6.

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Negative photostatic copy of a diary or travel journal kept by J. Robert Brown during a journey by mule wagon from St. Louis, Mo., across the plains, to California in 1856.

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