Overland Journeys to the Western United States
Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
E. V. Carter papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 405
Scope and Contents
Handwritten record (plus photocopies) of Carter's journey frm Ohio to St. Louis via Wisconsin. ALS's dated Oct. 15, 24, 1845 (plus photocopies) to his wife, Mary Hine Carter, are revised transcripts of diary. Diary entry for November 13 describes a visit to the Nauvoo, Illinois Temple.This is a journal kept by E.V. Carter during his journey from Tallmadge, Ohio, to St. Louis, Missouri. He wrote of a lecturer, "Mr. Little John," at a Methodist house in White Pigeon Prarie,...
Dates:
1845
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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E. V. Carter papers
John Gorham Chandler letter and news article
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233782]
Identifier: MSS SC 113
Scope and Contents
ALS to his mother in which Chandler tells of troop plans to set out for California during the wars with the Pacific Coast Indians. He describes his clothing, bedding, and tentative itinerary of the journey. The newspaper article announces the departure of the Third Regiment of Artillery for California.
Dates:
1854