Portfolio of original drawings

Description

Title: Portfolio of original drawings
Creator: Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889
Contributor: Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889
Washington City and California Mining Association
Published / Created: 1849-50
Abstract: The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sketches from the journey and notes on life in California. The journals were written from the diaries. The notebooks contain more sketches from the trip and of equipment. There are memoranda of supplies and equipment, routes, and remedies.
Description: In four sections according to orientation of text; each section paginated separately by the cataloger.
Teaching resource: Professor John Mack Faragher, History 141: The American West.
Volume contains unnumbered pages as well as text written in both directions, in at least one case on the same page.
Extent: 1 vol.
25 cm.
b&w, color illustrations
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Annotations
Architectural drawings
Drawings
Gold rush diaries
Hand coloring
Illustrations
Manuscripts
Prayers
Sketches
Subject (Geographic): California --Description and travel
West (U.S.) --Description and travel
West (U.S.) --Maps
West (U.S.) --Pictorial works
Subject (Name): Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889
Washington City and California Mining Association
Subject (Topic): Gold mines and mining --California --History --19th century --Personal narratives
Gold mines and mining --North America --History --19th century
Gold mines and mining --Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Gold mines and mining --United States --History
Gold mines and mining --West (U.S.) --History --19th century

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