Journal of life in Vermont : travels in the midwest and Illinois, and a trip across the Plains and life in Oregon / 1841-1862

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17442397

Description

Title
Journal of life in Vermont : travels in the midwest and Illinois, and a trip across the Plains and life in Oregon / 1841-1862
Creator
Francis, Samuel Dexter, 1814-1891
Abstract

S. Francis's diary from 1841-1845 describes country life in Vermont and for 1845-1852 records weather, crops, and politics in Illinois. The diary describes an 1852 trip from Illinois to Oregon by way of Des Moines, Kanesville, the Platte to Fort Laramie, the Salt Lake Road, Fort Boise, and Oregon City. Francis traveled with the Wilson and Sheppard families. The account continues for 1852-1862 with notes on farm life in Oregon and comments on the state of the nation prior to the Civil War

Description
S. Francis, who was a farmer in Barnard, Vermont, moved his family to Illinois in 1846 and emigrated to Oregon in 1852.
Typed transcript available.
Available on microfilm.
Notarized attestation of the author's daughter, Dora Francis Frazer, April 1936, is bound with the manuscript.
Provenance
Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Extent
0.21 linear feet (1 box)
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Digitization Note
Transcript in folder 6 fully digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
WA MSS 203

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Diaries United States
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Resource Type
unspecified
Subject (Geographic)
Illinois.
Oregon.
Illinois
Oregon Territory
Oregon
West (U.S.)
Subject (Name)
Francis, Samuel Dexter, 1814-1891.
Subject (Topic)
Agriculture
Frontier and pioneer life
Overland journeys to the Pacific
History
Description and travel
Subjects
Francis, Samuel Dexter, 1814-1891
Agriculture > Illinois
Agriculture > Oregon
Frontier and pioneer life > Illinois
Frontier and pioneer life > Oregon
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Illinois > History > 1778-1865
Oregon Territory > History
Oregon > History > 1859-
West (U.S.) > Description and travel
United States
Overland journeys to the Pacific > 1852

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Access
Public
Rights
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Citation
Samuel Dexter Francis, Journal of Life in Vermont. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Catalog Record
3101650
Object ID (OID)
17442397

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