Diary of Mrs. Algeline Jackson Ashley crossing the Plains in 1852, [ca. 1930?].

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Diary of Mrs. Algeline Jackson Ashley crossing the Plains in 1852, [ca. 1930?].

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Typescript, dated before 1937, of a portion of the diary kept by Algeline Jackson Ashley on her journey to California across the Great Plains between May 7 and June 23, 1852.

[13] leaves, disbound ; 28 cm.

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Ashley, Algeline Jackson, b. 1830.

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Ashley, William, fl. 1850-1852.

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