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Size | 1 item |
Abstract | Jacob S. Hayden was a native of western Virginia. The collection contains a typed transcription of a diary kept by Hayden on an overland trip to California in 1852 to seek gold. Daily entries concern weather and scenery, food and supplies, conditions and progress of travel, and special incidents. This transcription was made from the 1922 serial publication of this diary in the West Virginian, a newspaper published in Fairmont, W. Va. |
Creator | Hayden, Jacob S., fl. 1852. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, January 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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Jacob S. Hayden was a native of western Virginia.
Back to TopThe collection contains a typed transcription of a diary kept by Hayden on an overland trip to California in 1852 to seek gold. Daily entries concern weather and scenery, food and supplies, conditions and progress of travel, and special incidents. This transcription was made from the 1922 serial publication of this diary in the West Virginian, a newspaper published in Fairmont, W. Va.
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