Overland journey of the Knickerbocker Exploring Company of the City of New York : from Fort Smith to California / 1849-1865
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Description
- Title
- Overland journey of the Knickerbocker Exploring Company of the City of New York : from Fort Smith to California / 1849-1865
- Creator
- Goulding, William R.
- Abstract
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The journal records the trip by Fort Smith, the Arkansas, Gregg's road, Little River, the Canadian, Albuquerque, Rio Grande, Rio Membres, Chihuahua road, Tucson, the Gila, the Colorado, the desert, Warner's ranch, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Monterey, and San Francisco. Goulding notes preparations, country and wild life, Indian settlements, and events. Goulding copied John Hoyt's notes on the Spanish Trail. There are sketches, letters and notes for 1864-1865, family and hospital accounts
- Description
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Goulding joined the Knickerbocker Exploring Company which traveled from New York to California in 1849. He was engaged in the manufacture of surgical instruments in New York and he was appointed by the Surgeon General to McClennon Hospital near Philadelphia. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1864 and was appointed to U.S. Medical Museum in Washington in 1865.
Available on microfilm.
Accompanied by a printed broadside of the Knickerbocker Exploring Company's Constitution and list of members, and two clippings from the Fort Smith Hearald. - Provenance
- Gift of William Robertson Coe.
- Extent
- 0.42 linear feet (2 boxes) + 1 portfolio.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA MSS 225
- Container / Volume
- Box 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Account books United States
Memoirs United States
Overland journeys to the Pacific - Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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West (U.S.)
California - Subject (Name)
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Goulding, William R.
Hoyt, John P.
Knickerbocker Exploring Company (New York, N.Y.) - Subject (Topic)
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Overland journeys to the Pacific
Description and travel
Gold discoveries - Subjects
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Goulding, William R.
Hoyt, John P.
Knickerbocker Exploring Company (New York, N.Y.)
Overland journeys to the Pacific
West (U.S.) > Description and travel
California > Gold discoveries
United States
Overland journeys to the Pacific > 1849
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- William R. Goulding, Overland Journey of the Knickerbocker Exploring Company. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 3102498
- Object ID (OID)
- 16574169
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