Holograph manuscript diaries kept by John G. Bell during his participation in John James Audubon’s Missouri River expedition in 1843. This volume also contains longer entries, possibly drafts, for August 2-7, with additional accounts, lists, and notes.
Description:
Contains several pages at end, in reverse orientation, badly rubbed and mostly illegible. and Some blank pages throughout not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Missouri River Valley --Description and travel and Yellowstone River Valley --Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting, Natural history --Missouri River Valley, and Natural history --Yellowstone River Valley
Diaries of an expedition with John James Audubon, 1843 Mar 11-Dec 31
Image Count:
42
Abstract:
Holograph manuscript diaries kept by John G. Bell during his participation in John James Audubon’s Missouri River expedition in 1843. This volume contains longer, detailed entries for June 13-August 13.
Description:
Several blank pages throughout not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Missouri River Valley --Description and travel and Yellowstone River Valley --Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting, Natural history --Missouri River Valley, and Natural history --Yellowstone River Valley
Diaries of an expedition with John James Audubon, 1843 Mar 11-Dec 31
Image Count:
71
Abstract:
Holograph manuscript diaries kept by John G. Bell during his participation in John James Audubon’s Missouri River expedition in 1843. This volume is a printed diary, published by Jansen and Bell, New York, completed in manuscript for March 11-December 31, with brief entries describing collection of specimens, hunting of buffalo and other animals, and noting specimens mounted after his return to New York.
Description:
Pages [34-37] blank. and Printed dates of diary do not correspond with author's dates of entry.
Subject (Geographic):
Missouri River Valley --Description and travel and Yellowstone River Valley --Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting, Natural history --Missouri River Valley, and Natural history --Yellowstone River Valley
Reproduction of a drawing by Seth Eastman that depicts in the foreground two Native Americans, on foot with saddled horses nearby, skinning a buffalo. In the background, the scene is of the riverine plains and distant hill tops. The upper half of the image is of sky
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Below image, centered: Pl. 13.
Publisher:
Lippincott, Grambo & Company
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting and Indians of North America
Reproduction of a drawning by Seth Eastman that depicts in the foreground a European American on foot hunting buffalo with a long gun. The scene is of the rolling, grassy plains with bison in the distance. The upper two-thirds of the image are of sky
Reproduction of a painting by Seth Eastman that depicts in the foreground two Native Americans on horseback, one with a long gun, the other with bow and arrow, hunting buffalo. In the background, the scene is of the riverine plains. The upper three-quarters of the image are of sky
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Below image, centered: Pl. 9.
Publisher:
Lippincott, Grambo & Company
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting and Indians of North America
