Letters and Diary, 1849-1850.

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Letters and Diary, 1849-1850.

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Overland diary and fifteen handwritten letters. Most of the letters are addressed to Spooner's wife and were written while on the overland journey by ox team from Adrian, Michigan to Sacramento, California in 1849. Spooner writes of encounters with Indians, buffalo hunting, distaste for Sunday travel, a handful of deaths within his company, and travelling conditions. Spooner also mentions his religious faith in most of the letters. Spooner stopped in Salt Lake City and gives a brief description. The rest of the letters describe life in California and Spooner's distress that he has not received any letters from home.

16 items (128 pages).

Harold B. Lee Library

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Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1879

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Massachusetts native who settled in Kansas in 1857. Spooner farmed and served as a probate judge and county clerk. Also prospector who participated in the California Gold Rush of 1849. From the description of Letters and Diary, 1849-1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78677305 From the description of Letters and Diary, 1849-1850 [electronic resource]. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51597918 From the description of Poe and Spooner photographs, undat...