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Typescript letter signed Goldie E. Cornett, Garden Grove, California, to the Missouri Historical Society requesting information about her grandparents Ambrose Taylor and Julie Nicholas Taylor, who left Arkansas in 1857 and traveled by covered wagon to California., 1938 Oct 20

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Western Travel Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items are typescript copies, rather than original documents. The collection is arranged chronologically.

Dates

  • 1938 Oct 20

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Cubic Feet ( (1 box (86 items)))

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository

Contact:
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St. Louis MO 63105 United States
314-746-4510