Three typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Three typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Three typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Six printed pages
E. W. Stocker traveled from Benton Co., Iowa to Montana and Idaho
25 typed pages
Partial diary entries – 16 May 1848 to 25 August 1848
17 typed pages
Printed pages from a book
Diary of Samuel Murray Stover, Enroute to California, 1849
13 typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Printed pages from a book
Stuart, Joseph A. My Roving Life, A Diary of Travels and Adventures by Sea and Land During Peace and War. vol. I, Auburn, California, n.y.
Seven typed pages
Letter that appeared in the Richmond Palladium [Richmond, Indiana] October 31, 1849
Letter written August 4, 1849
Four pages typed notes titled “Early Days and Men of California”
Merrill Mattes research notes
Three typed pages
Partial memoir titled “Across the Plains,” written in 1930
Typed pages
Handwritten pages
The names of Dr. Taylor or Thomas as the author of the journal have strikethroughs
33 typed pages
16 printed pages of article “Overland Trip To California In ’52 With Extracts From My Old Diary”