Turner, William – Diary, 1850, Wisconsin to California

Tuttle, Charles – Letters, 1849-1850

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12 typed and handwritten pages

Letters to his wife Maria from Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, and California

 

 

Tuttle, Charles A. – Letters, 1849 travelling to California

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14 typed and handwritten pages, letters from Charles Tuttle to “Maria” from Fort Kearny, Fort Laramie, and Sacramento

Tuttle, Ziba Smith – Letter, 23 April 1850, at Kanesville/Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Three typed pages

Letter addressed to Smith Tuttle, Elmira, Stark County, Illinois

Udall, John – 1850, Iowa to California

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Two typed pages, “Incidents of Travel”

Merrill Mattes research notes

Van Schaick, Holmes D. – Diary, 1852, New York to California

Vanbuskirk, Andrew – 1852, Ohio to Oregon

Vanbuskirk, William and Mary – 1852, Ohio to Oregon

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Six typed pages

This is an account of William and Mary Vanbuskirk and their sons and daughters and families, 23 people in the company. Diary is that of son Andrew Vanbuskirk.

Variel, Joshua Hutchins – Journal, 1852, Indiana to California

Variel, Mary Alexander Ada – 1852, Indiana to California

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Series of printed articles “A Romance of the Plains” by William J. Variel, from notes given by his pioneer mother Mary Alexander Variel

 

Various Diary Entries from 1852-1859

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  • Pages 1-4 contain various pieces of diary
  • Pages 6-8 contain maps
  • 8 Pages

Varner, Allen – Letter, 1849, Independence, Missouri

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79 pages, typed transcript of handwritten letter

Letter written on 29 April,1849 by Allen Varner in Independence, Missouri, to his brother Elias Varner and his sisters in Indianapolis, Indiana

Later handwritten letters are included.

 

Violette, M. A. – Diary, 1849, Missouri to California

Vodges, Ada – Journal, 1868-1870

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174 typed pages

Travel from Fort Sedgwick, Colorado to Fort Laramie, Wyoming

Life at Fort Laramie

 

Wechselberg, Peter – Letters, 1850, Iowa to California

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36 typed pages

Letters are in German and translated into English