Notes taken by William Lee while on a journey across the plains, [19--?].

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Notes taken by William Lee while on a journey across the plains, [19--?].

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Transcript of a journal kept by William Lee from April 11, 1858 to Oct. 25, 1859, while on Captain Simpson's expedition to Utah and across the Great Basin from Camp Floyd to Genoa, Nevada, returning to Washington, D.C. with sojourns at Fort Bridger, Camp Floyd and Genoa.

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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883

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James Hervey Simpson was a West Point cadet who served with the Topographical Corps to explore and survey the Green Bay, Wis., area. He later surveyed the Santa Fe Trail in the late 1840s and mapped out routes to California in the 1850s within the Utah Territory, where he was named chief of topographical engineers. From the description of Abstract of disbursements on account of survey of N.W. lakes (Green Bay survey) made during the 2nd & 3rd quarter of the year : ms., 1843. (Uni...

United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers

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Lee, William

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Epithet: Chief Justice of the King's Bench (1737) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000219.0x000301 William Lee was part of a company of topographic engineers led by Captain Simpson on an expedition from Washington, D.C. to survey a direct route from Camp Floyd, Utah to Genoa, Carson Valley, Nevada. From the description of Notes taken by William Lee while on a journey across the plains, [19--?]. (Utah...