Box 1
Container
Contains 70 Results:
Deed of Thomas Voax, Boston, Massachusetts, to William H. Ashley, St. Louis, Missouri Territory, for 160 acres of Missouri military bounty land for $70. Land comprises the southeast quarter, section 28, township 54 north, range 17 west., 1820 Feb 14
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: A0059-00047
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The William H. Ashley Collection consists of his diaries, drafts of letters, and some business papers.
Ashley made several journeys to the Rocky Mountains from 1821 to 1826. The collection contains a draft, or copy, of his later account and his diary for the journey made in 1824 and 1825. At one time Ashley’s diary was mistaken for that of William Sublette. This has been corrected but is still evident on the typescript of the diary (folder 5). The...
Dates:
1820 Feb 14
Note signed William H. Ashley, St. Louis, to Jno. F. Lambert. Requests that Lambert forward the deeds and patents deposited with him by Wm. Allen Latham [or Mr. Allen Latham]., 1820 June 2
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: A0059-00048
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The William H. Ashley Collection consists of his diaries, drafts of letters, and some business papers.
Ashley made several journeys to the Rocky Mountains from 1821 to 1826. The collection contains a draft, or copy, of his later account and his diary for the journey made in 1824 and 1825. At one time Ashley’s diary was mistaken for that of William Sublette. This has been corrected but is still evident on the typescript of the diary (folder 5). The...
Dates:
1820 June 2
Letter signed William H. Ashley, Ft. Atkinson, to William Carr Lane, St. Louis. Writes of the "Pawney" Indians and an outrage against a white man in their village which they committed. Original and typed transcript., 1824 Oct 29
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: A0059-00049
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The William H. Ashley Collection consists of his diaries, drafts of letters, and some business papers.
Ashley made several journeys to the Rocky Mountains from 1821 to 1826. The collection contains a draft, or copy, of his later account and his diary for the journey made in 1824 and 1825. At one time Ashley’s diary was mistaken for that of William Sublette. This has been corrected but is still evident on the typescript of the diary (folder 5). The...
Dates:
1824 Oct 29
Fragment of document includes an explanation of topographical map of the route from Council Bluffs to the Pacific Ocean., 1825[?]
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: A0059-00050
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The William H. Ashley Collection consists of his diaries, drafts of letters, and some business papers.
Ashley made several journeys to the Rocky Mountains from 1821 to 1826. The collection contains a draft, or copy, of his later account and his diary for the journey made in 1824 and 1825. At one time Ashley’s diary was mistaken for that of William Sublette. This has been corrected but is still evident on the typescript of the diary (folder 5). The...
Dates:
1825[?]
Diary of William Ashley. Transcript. (30 pages, two copies) (Use this folder, the published version, or the microfilm [reel #134].) Diary is published in:: 1. Dale L. Morgan, editor, The West of William H. Ashley (Denver, Colorado: The Old West Publishing Company, 1964) (Missouri History Museum Library call number: Oversize/978/M821). 2. Published in three parts, edited by Dale L. Morgan, in the Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society: Part 1: Volume XI, Number 1 (October 1954), pages 9-40; Part 2: Volume XI, Number 2 (January 1955), pages 158-186; Part 3: Volume XI, Number 3 (April 1955), pages 279-302., 1825 Mar 25-June 27
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: A0059-00051
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The William H. Ashley Collection consists of his diaries, drafts of letters, and some business papers.
Ashley made several journeys to the Rocky Mountains from 1821 to 1826. The collection contains a draft, or copy, of his later account and his diary for the journey made in 1824 and 1825. At one time Ashley’s diary was mistaken for that of William Sublette. This has been corrected but is still evident on the typescript of the diary (folder 5). The...
Dates:
1825 Mar 25-June 27
Diary of William Ashley. Original. (93 pages; plus 34 pages of accounts and notes in the back of the volume), 1825 Mar 25-June 27
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: A0059-00052
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The William H. Ashley Collection consists of his diaries, drafts of letters, and some business papers.
Ashley made several journeys to the Rocky Mountains from 1821 to 1826. The collection contains a draft, or copy, of his later account and his diary for the journey made in 1824 and 1825. At one time Ashley’s diary was mistaken for that of William Sublette. This has been corrected but is still evident on the typescript of the diary (folder 5). The...
Dates:
1825 Mar 25-June 27
William Ashley's account of a voyage across the Rocky Mountains to Fort Atkinson. Preservation photocopy., 1825 Dec
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: A0059-00053
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The William H. Ashley Collection consists of his diaries, drafts of letters, and some business papers.
Ashley made several journeys to the Rocky Mountains from 1821 to 1826. The collection contains a draft, or copy, of his later account and his diary for the journey made in 1824 and 1825. At one time Ashley’s diary was mistaken for that of William Sublette. This has been corrected but is still evident on the typescript of the diary (folder 5). The...
Dates:
1825 Dec
William Ashley's account of a voyage across the Rocky Mountains to Fort Atkinson. Original. (32 pages), 1825 Dec
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: A0059-00054
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The William H. Ashley Collection consists of his diaries, drafts of letters, and some business papers.
Ashley made several journeys to the Rocky Mountains from 1821 to 1826. The collection contains a draft, or copy, of his later account and his diary for the journey made in 1824 and 1825. At one time Ashley’s diary was mistaken for that of William Sublette. This has been corrected but is still evident on the typescript of the diary (folder 5). The...
Dates:
1825 Dec
Harrison G. Rogers’ journal, in the southwest with Jedediah Smith. Typescript. (27 pages), 1826 Nov 26-1827 Jan 27
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: A0059-00055
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The William H. Ashley Collection consists of his diaries, drafts of letters, and some business papers.
Ashley made several journeys to the Rocky Mountains from 1821 to 1826. The collection contains a draft, or copy, of his later account and his diary for the journey made in 1824 and 1825. At one time Ashley’s diary was mistaken for that of William Sublette. This has been corrected but is still evident on the typescript of the diary (folder 5). The...
Dates:
1826 Nov 26-1827 Jan 27
Harrison G. Rogers’ journal, in the southwest with Jedediah Smith. Original. (38 pages) Published in Harrison Clifford Dale, editor, The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific, 1822-1829 (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1918), pages 197-228. Also published in Harrison Clifford Dale, editor, The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific, 1822-1829 (Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1941), pages 193-224., 1826 Nov 26-1827 Jan 27
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: A0059-00056
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The William H. Ashley Collection consists of his diaries, drafts of letters, and some business papers.
Ashley made several journeys to the Rocky Mountains from 1821 to 1826. The collection contains a draft, or copy, of his later account and his diary for the journey made in 1824 and 1825. At one time Ashley’s diary was mistaken for that of William Sublette. This has been corrected but is still evident on the typescript of the diary (folder 5). The...
Dates:
1826 Nov 26-1827 Jan 27