Diary Covering Experiences During by Breyfogle (3 results)

Stiff pr. wraps. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed 34pp+9pp, stiff pict. wraps nice not listed in Mattes Or Mintz Diary covers April 2 - December 8,1850. Very Scarce.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Printed wrapper. 34, 9pp. Mimeographed text bound with staples and brads. This work is likely of very limited issue. The diary begins with his trip down the Ohio River to St. Louis in early April, 1849 then overland to Sacramento where he arrives in August, 1849. Also includes parts of his diary from his days in the gold camps In early 1850, and 9 pages of genealogical info on the Breyfogle family. ; quarto. …

Quarto. 33pp. and 9 pages. Record of journey from Delaware, Ohio April 2, 1850 to arrival in California on December 8, 1850. with the Delaware Mining Co., by way of St. Louis, St. Joseph, Blue and Platte Rivers, South Pass, Salt Lake City, and Humboldt and Carson Rivers, to Sacramento and then to Sierra mining camps. Information on the Columbus Company of Calif. emigrants also included. Discusses prospecting at various places such as Negro Bar, (where he notes a company of Negro miners), Foster's Bar, and elsewhere on the Yuba River. Describes Jan. 1850 flood on the Sacramento River. The accounts of the hardships crossing the desert are remarkable. One of the most fascinating of the overland accounts. One of 10 typed copies, most of which are in university Special Collections, not listed in Mattes Or Mintz Diary. pictorial front wrapper with two holes punched with two brass Fasteners.…