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Henry Rice Mann diary

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Identifier: MSS SC 1348
Scope and Contents

Typed transcript of part of Henry Rice Mann's diary. Transcript begins June 22, 1849 and ends September 18, 1849. On the entry of August 10, 1849, Mann is 35 years old. The diary recounts his trip across the United States to become a gold panner in California. Mann describes the climate, surrounding nature, the wagon train, camping life, and the prospect of searching for gold in California.

Dates: 1849 June-September
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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