English, Unpublished edition: Spooner, Elijah Allen Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1879

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  • Compound
  • Electronic diary, Diaries, Electronic books, Letters
  • Text
Published
  • Utah Academic Library Consortium
Language
  • English

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Title
  • Spooner, Elijah Allen
Creator
  • Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1879
Published
  • Utah Academic Library Consortium
Physical Description
  • Compound
  • Electronic diary, Diaries, Electronic books, Letters
  • Text
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  • Spooner, Elijah Allen
  • Massachusetts native who settled in Kansas in 1857. Spooner farmed and served as a probate judge and county clerk. Also prospector who participated in the California Gold Rush of 1849.
  • Overland diary and fifteen handwritten letters. Most of the letters are addressed to Spooner's wife and were written while on the overland journey by ox team from Adrian, Michigan, to Sacramento, California, in 1849. Spooner writes of encounters with Indians, buffalo hunting, distaste for Sunday travel, a handful of deaths within his company, and traveling conditions. Spooner also mentions his religious faith in most of the letters. Spooner stopped in Salt Lake City and gives a brief description. The rest of the letters describe life in California and Spooner's distress that he has not received any letters from home.
  • Overland Trails Diaries
  • a2862051
  • spooner.pdf
Source
  • Original manuscript available at Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
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