Early reminiscences : of Edward E. Ayer's first trip from home in 1860, journey across the Plains, 1924.

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Early reminiscences : of Edward E. Ayer's first trip from home in 1860, journey across the Plains, 1924.

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Carbon copy of typewritten manuscript compiled by Ayer in 1924 of his reminiscences of a journey across the plains in 1860, later trips west, and trips to Mexico and Europe. There are also transcripts of his journals of a trip east in 1916 and a trip to San Diego and the West in 1918, as well as letters to the directors of the Field Columbian Museum (later the Field Museum of Natural History).

1 v. ; 29 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Field Columbian Museum.

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Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927

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Edward Everett Ayer (Nov. 16, 1841 -- May 3, 1927), businessman, bibiliophile and collector. In 1860 he joined an overland expedition to California. He stopped in Nevada, where he worked at a quarz mill in Silver City, but soon moved on to San Francisco. He remained there, working at a planing mill, until the outbread of the Civil War. He enlisted in the 1st Regiment of California Cavalry Volunteers, and was later transferred to the 1st Regiment of New Mexico Infantry. Ayer served in many posts ...