Murphy, Patrick Henry – Diary, 1854, Missouri to California

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Four typed pages

Diary entries “Across the Plains” from April 11, 1854 to June 18, 1854

Nash, Marie – Diary, 1861, Michigan to California

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14 typed pages

Diary entries 29 April, 1861 – 31 May 1861 and from 22 July, 1861 – 12 August 1861

Neff, John – Diary, 1854

Negley, Felix – Diary, 1849, Pennsylvania to California and Return to Pittsburgh by Water

Newcomb, Alphonso B. – Diary, 1850, Iowa to Utah

Nichols, B. F. – 1844 to Oregon

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19 printed pages of newspaper articles printed in 1906

Nichols, B. F., “Across the Plains in 1844: Reminiscences of Oregon”

Laidlaw Chronicle, Laidlaw, Crook County, Oregon

 

Nixon, Alexander B. – 1849, Ohio to California

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Four copied pages, only two pages of typed diary entries

Journal to the Pacific Ocean

Norton, Col. L. A. – 1852 to California

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Eight printed pages of an article in a magazine

Norton, Col. L. A. “My Overland Trip to California in 1852.” Pony Express Courier, September-October1934

Printed pages from a book

Norton, Col. L. A. Life and Adventures of Col. L. A. Norton. Oakland, California: Pacific Press Publishing House, 1887

Nott, Manford Allen – “Across the Plains in ’54”

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Printed pages from a book

Nott, Manford Allen. Across the Plains in ’54, A Story for Young People of Early Emmigration to California

Pack, John – Letters 1847

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  • Letters written by John Pack.
  • A receipt from Brigham Young for “house logs.”
  • 9 Pages

Palladium, Richmond – A Letter from California 1850

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  • A letter from John Prichet to Richmond Palladium, April 3, 1850.
  • 5 Pages

Parker, Wilbur Fiske, October 1858-1859

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  • A Diary of the Smoky Hill Route to Pike’s Peak, 1858, edited by Norman Lavers
  • 7 Pages

Parkinson, John B. – Memories of Early Wisconsin and the Gold Mines

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  • A short retelling of events while heading to the gold fields.
  • 11 Pages

Patterson, E. H. – My Impressions of the Overland Route to Califonia 1850

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  • Published in the Oquawka Spectator, 1850
  • An overland journey from Missouri to Placerville (Hangtown), CA
  • 28 Pages

Peabody, Sylvania – Diary

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  • A 1906 recollection from Sylvania Peabody to her granddaughter, Ethel Peabody, regarding her journey to California
  • 30 Pages