Great Britain. Royal Navy
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An overland journey from San Francisco to New York by way of the Salt Lake City
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2217
Scope and Contents
Handwritten copy of an article published in the "Good Words and Sunday Magazine" on 1 June 1866 (vol. 7, pp. 380-393). After serving as a gunboat captain in British Columbia, Verney made the overland journey by stage coach from San Francisco, California to New York City in 1865. Verney was a well-educated traveler and his description of the overland route is extensive. Stage coach traveling was exhausting and Verney describes both the rough conditions and his fellow travelers. Trouble with...
Dates:
1866
Thomas Ambrose Poulter autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314327]
Identifier: MSS SC 1671
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typed autobiography. Poulter's experiences in the British Royal Navy around the world, and as a pioneer in the western United States, are described in great detail.
Dates:
1884
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- Autobiographies 1
- Carson City (Nev.) -- History -- Sources 1
- China -- History -- Daoguang, 1820-1850 -- Sources 1
- Essays 1
- Home and Family 1
- Immigration and American Expansion 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Great Britain -- History 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Nevada -- Carson City -- History -- Sources 1
- Military 1
- Overland Journeys to the Western United States 1
- Overland journeys to the Pacific 1
- Politics, Government, and Law 1
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Description and travel 1
- Social Life and Customs 1
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel 1 + ∧ less
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