An account of travel and adventure in California, Sonora and Arizona. and Folded map measuring 44 x 48 cm. bound in before p. 9.
Publisher:
The J.M.W. Jones Stationery and Printing Company,
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel, Sonora (Mexico : State)--Description and travel, Sonora (Mexico : State)--Maps, and Southwest, New--Description and travel
Cover title., Inscribed by the author to Walter A. Powell., and One of ten copies of the first installment reprinted from the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, vol. XXVII, November, 1883 in order to secure the copyright.
Publisher:
Chattus & Windus
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Powell, Walter A.--Presentation inscription from R.L. Stevenson and Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894--Presentation inscription to W. Powell
Bibliography: p. [xxiii] -xxiv. and Includes index.
Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel, California--History, Oregon--Description and travel, Oregon--History--To 1859, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
The Burnett Family Papers consist of diaries, memoirs, invitations, and miscellaneous printed material. The diary of Lester Burnett, the father of W. C. Burnett, chronicles his journey to San Francisco by way of Panama, and his early days there. The entries run from July 13, 1850 to January 8, 1851. The diary of W. C. Burnett also describes a voyage to San Francisco and his early days there. Entries run from April 20 to May 24, 1854. In addition, there is an undated typescript memoir by Jane Cleveland Burnett, W. C. Burnettt's wife, entitled, "My Memories of Early California Days." There are also two folders of invitations to events in the San Francisco area dating from 1851 to 1891.
Description:
First two leaves of W. C. Burnett's diary lacking bottom corner, affecting text.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel, Sacramento (Calif.)--Description and travel, and San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Burnett, Jane Cleveland, Burnett, Lester, and Burnett, W. C.,--(Wellington C.)
The journal records an 1849 journey from Wisconsin to California, crossing Illinois and Iowa and continuing by way of Council Bluffs, the Platte and Sweetwater, South Pass, Fort Bridger, and Salt Lake City. There is a gap but the account continues on the Mormon Trail to the Humboldt and the Truckee. The journal covers Orvis's experiences in the mines and in Sacramento. The journal is followed by accounts and records of employment showing that Orvis was back on his farm in Wisconsin by 1858.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel, Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, Sacramento (Calif.), and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Orvis, Caroline
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture--Wisconsin, Mines and mineral resources--California, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849
