[Transcript] Overland journey : from Mount Pleasant, Iowa to California, experiences at the mines, and the voyage home by the Isthmus

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Description

Title
[Transcript] Overland journey : from Mount Pleasant, Iowa to California, experiences at the mines, and the voyage home by the Isthmus
Creator
Tiffany, Palmer C., 1809-
Contributor
Falcon (Ship)
Grantham, John Posey,--1812-1887.
Saunders, Presley.
Tiffany, Palmer C.,--1809-
Published / Created
1849-1851
Abstract

The journal records the 1849 trip from Iowa to California by a company under Presley Saunders. They went by boat from Burlington to St. Louis, St. Joseph, and overland by Sublette's Cutoff, Fort Hall, the Humboldt, Carson River, Hangtown, and the mines. The diary ends at the mines, but while traveling home on the ship Falcon in 1851, he copied entries for November and December 1849 from J. Grantham's diary, summarized events from his life in the mines, and made notes on his sea voyage. The journal is accompanied by a copy photograph of a charcoal portrait of Tiffany.

Description
Tiffany with his wife and father-in-law, Pennel Cheney, migrated to Iowa from Massachusetts, settling in Mount Pleasant in 1838. Tiffany opened a tavern, was engaged in the jewelry business, and served as justice of the peace and postmaster. He was one of the early trustees of Iowa Wesleyan College.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
WA MSS 474

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Diaries--United States.
Transcriptions
Typescripts
Resource Type
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Geographic)
West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name)
Falcon (Ship)
Grantham, John Posey,--1812-1887.
Saunders, Presley.
Tiffany, Palmer C.,--1809-
Subject (Topic)
Mines and mineral resources--California--El Dorado County.
Ocean travel.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849.

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Citation
P. C. Tiffany, Overland Journey from Mount Pleasant, Iowa to California. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Withington, M. C. Catalogue of Western Americana Manuscripts 474.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
3108906
Object ID (OID)
16699287

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