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Contains 1 Result:

Much esteemed friends

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 114
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and unsigned letter dated 19 May 1850. Item was written by an unidentified member of a wagon train and includes some detail about the author's preparation for the trip to California. The letter describes the overland journey from Saint Joseph, Missouri to the Platte River and ends 80 miles from Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Author mentions dining on buffalo, weather conditions, and cooking on the plains.

Dates: 1850
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Much esteemed friends

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