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.
Alternative Title:
Receipts domestic and useful and Receipts medical
Description:
In two sections according to orientation of text; each section paginated separately by the cataloger. and Volume contains blank pages (not digitized) as well as text written in both directions.
Subject (Geographic):
California --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Maps, and West (U.S.) --Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889 and 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, and Gold mines and mining --West (U.S.) --History --19th century
[1] Receipt for 1,000 shares of Silver Mountain Mines, Inc. stock, made out to Mrs. George S. Ryan, dated Nov. 30, 1939 -- [2] TLS, dated Nov. 20, 1939, to Mrs. George S. Ryan from Silver Mountain Mines, Inc., signed by Ralph S. Fleming -- [3] TLS, dated Nov. 9, 1940, to Mrs. Martha H. Ryan from Silver Mountain Mines, Inc., signed by Ralph S. Fleming -- [4] TL ([1] p.) description of Silver Mountain Mines, Inc. -- [5] "A brief description of the Silver Mountain Mines, Inc." promotional leaflet -- [6] TL ([2] p.) description of Silver Mountain Mines, Inc., signed at end "P.P. Brevik." and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Fleming, Ralph S.--Autograph, Ryan, George S., Mrs.--Ownership, Ryan, Martha H., Mrs.--Ownership, and Silver Mountain Mines, Inc.
Subject (Topic):
Mines and mineral resources--Washington (State)--King County
Documents relating to J. D. Fondren & Bro. : Richmond, Va., 1788-1863
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript letters and receipts, dated 1858 to 1868, and other letters, deeds and documents relating to slaves and the slave trade, from 1788 to 1863.
A stock certificate issued during the period of the South Sea Bubble mania. Such certificates were often depicted in contemporary prints as being blown away from the hands of investors by the wind of changing fortune.
Description:
Blanks filled in: No. 921, June 13, 1720. Enter’d per MJ. Jno. Hayles, secretary.
Publisher:
s.n
Subject (Geographic):
Bremen (Germany : Duchy), Germany --Commerce --Great Britain, Great Britain --Commerce --Germany, Hamburg (Germany), and Hannover (Germany)
Subject (Topic):
Lumber trade --Germany, Lumber trade --Great Britain, Mercantile system --Great Britain --History --18th century, South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, and Stock certificates --Specimens
Leaf O2 is a cancel., Port. signed: Geo. Vertue sculpsit., Signatures: pi⁴ a-c⁴ B-N⁴ O⁴(±O2) P-3I⁴ 3K²(3K2 blank)., Thick paper copy. Imperfect: half-title wanting. Printed receipt for first payment on subscription for Pope's Iliad, filled in to Richard Caryll and signed by Pope, mounted on front paste-down. Bookseller's label: Brick Row Book Shop., Vol. 1 only., and With half title.
Publisher:
Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot between the Temple-Gates,
Subject (Name):
Caryll, Richard--Ms. notes and Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744--Autograph
Bound with 4 other titles. To view other titles search by call number: Ig 6c 676B. and With manuscript "property bill" inserted at front, another manuscript "property bill" inserted before Julius Caesar, and a manuscript "bill for printing" inserted at end.
Publisher:
Printed by Andr. Clark, for J. Martyn, and H. Herringman, at the Bell in St. Paul's Church-yard, and at the Blue Anchor in the lower walk of the New Exchange
Also present is a deed, dated 1845, autograph manuscript, signed by John S. Twiss, conveying land in Nauvoo, Illinois, to Bingham Bement, of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Additional items are visiting cards and poems, undated; an autograph manuscript invoice for livestock, 1868; printed Salt Lake County and City tax receipts, completed in autograph manuscript, 1861-1876; and a printed program for a missionary farewell, Salt Lake City, 1897., Circa 80 items, mostly ALS written to Alice M. Bement Fletcher in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, by members of her family. Thirty-three letters, 1865-1886, were written to Fletcher by Charles H. Bement, most discussing his life as a rancher near Kanosh, Millard County, Utah Territory. A few of these letters, written from Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana, 1884-1885, relate to his experiences as a missionary in those states., and Other letters, 1873-1889, include ALS written to Alice M. Bement Fletcher from Mary and Jessie Cook, Jasper Fletcher, Ida A. and Maria J. Searle, Addie L. Fletcher, Rosa Adams, and Annie Rogers. Also included are single letters from Alice M. Bement Fletcher to Charles H. Bement, from Charles H. Bement to Arthur Bement, and from Sarah Warburton to Jasper Fletcher. These letters mostly concern family news, some also referring briefly to Mormon religious life. A letter written by Sarah J. Bement to Fred C. Pierce, and a letter from him to Bement, relate to Pierce's research in Forbes-Forbush family genealogy.
Description:
Alice M. Bement Fletcher was born ca. 1855 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She married William Fletcher in the 1870s. Family members who corresponded with Alice M. Bement Fletcher included her brothers, Charles H. and Arthur Bement; Mary and Jessie Cook, a sister and niece; Jasper Fletcher, a brother-in-law; and Ida A. Searle, a cousin. and From the collection of Herbert S. Auerbach. Purchased from Ken Lopez on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1992.
Subject (Geographic):
Millard County (Utah) and Nauvoo (Ill.)
Subject (Name):
Adams, Rosa, Bement family, Bement, Arthur, Bement, Bingham, Bement, Charles H., Bement, Sarah J., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Missions--Middle West, Cook, Jessie, fl. 1886-1889, Cook, Mary, Fletcher, Addie L., Fletcher, Alice M. Bement, Fletcher, Jasper, Forbes family, Forbush family, Pierce, Fred C., Rogers, Annie, Searle, Ida A., Searle, Maria J., Twiss, John S., and Warburton, Sarah
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--Utah--Millard County, Mormons--Utah, and Ranch life--Utah--Millard County
Business records of John P. Jones, eleven Nevada mill and mining companies, as well as the Pacific Reclamation Company, including statements of account, receipts, Nevada tax assessment documents, payrolls, and insurance policies. Records provide detailed descriptions of insured properties, day to day operational costs including the cost of equipment and supplies, and the names, wages, and duties of mine workers. Includes receipts for equipment and materials bought by W. B. Pless from Sonoma and San Francisco supply companies.
Description:
John P. Jones, mining investor and land speculator, earned his fortune in the silver mines of western Nevada after an unsuccessful bid for Lieutenant Governor of California. In 1873 Jones became a U. S. Senator for Nevada, a seat he held for thirty years. During his political career, Jones retained financial interest in several California and Nevada companies.
Subject (Geographic):
Comstock Lode (Nev.) and Virginia City (Nev.)
Subject (Name):
Atlas Mill (Nev.), Comstock Mill and Mining Company, Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company, Devil's Gate Mill (Nev.), Jones, John P.--(John Percival),--1829-1912, Mexican Mill (Nev.), Nevada and Winfield Mill Company, Pacific Mill Company (Nev), Pacific Reclamation Company (Calif.), Petaluma Mill (Nev.), Pioneer Mill Company (Nev.), Pless, W. B, Sapphire Mill (Nev.), and Washoe Mill and Mining Company
Subject (Topic):
Insurance policies--Nevada, Mills and mill-work--Nevada, Mines and mineral resources--Nevada, Reclamation of land--California, and Silver mines and mining--Nevada
