Whittaker, James, 1809-1880
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
James Whittaker diaries
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325158]
Identifier: MSS SC 2582
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten diaries, newspaper clippings, and a biography. Some of the diaries were kept in the pitman form of shorthand. Whittaker made two journeys from England to the United States, once in 1842 and again in 1851. He kept diaries of these trips and of crossing the continent to Utah in 1851. Also included is a biography of Whittaker by Charlotte Chatterly Perkins Jones.
Dates:
1842-1880
James Whittaker diary
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230353937]
Identifier: MSS 7440
Abstract
Photocopy of the James Whittaker diary, tracing Whittaker's life from January 1851 to July 1852.
Dates:
1851-1852