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Adrian March 11th 1849
My Dearest Friend
It is now eleven days since
you left Adrian and I am still here. I
know
that your patience will bee severely tried
when you
learn this. & in addition that it will be
three or four
days more before we shall get off. But I
could
not sufficiently fouser the time of our
departur to find
time to visit you, which I most anxiously
wished to
do We have been constantly expecting to
start
in two or thee days all the time. We are
now
waiting for Howard and Averys compainers
who
have appointed Wednesday next as the day
to leave
It is now expected that we shall go by way
of
Cincinnati, It is probably the quickest
route but I
think more expensiv & does not meet my
views --
(I enclose you Forty Dollars ($40..) in
this letter & shall
enclose you some more in another if I get
that at
Tecumseh which I have not been to see
about yet.
I have been more successful in obtaining
means
tham I was fearful I should be when you
left
But it will leave a small sum to be
collected
hereafter, sa'y from one Hundred & fifty
to two
Hund Dolls for your use You therefore will
be
obliged to practice economy in
expenditures to make
it last till my return, of this however I
doubt not
your willingness
Object Description
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| Author/Creator | Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1879 |
| Biographical Note | 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. |
| Summary/Description | 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. |
| Electronic Publisher | Utah Academic Library Consortium |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2002 |
| Edition | Electronic reproduction; |
| Collection | Overland Trails Diaries |
| Physical Description | 16 items (128 p.) |
| Trail Name(s) |
California National Historic Trail |
| Company Name | Averys Company |
| Age of Diarist | 38 |
| Year of Travel | 1849 |
| Gender | Male |
| Additional Availability | Original manuscript available at Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602. |
| Original Version Note | Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Vault MSS 662. 16 items (128 p.) |
| Subject | Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1879; Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1879--Diaries; Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries; Gold miners--California--Diaries; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Oregon National Historic Trail; Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail; California National Historic Trail; Salt Lake City (Utah); |
| Personal Names |
Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1879 |
| Geographical Place Names |
Oregon National Historic Trail Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail California National Historic Trail Salt Lake City (Utah) |
| Type/Genre |
Electronic diary Diaries Electronic books |
| Language | English |
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| Copyright Status/Owner | Brigham Young University, Copyright 2002 |
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| Title | Spooner, Elijah Allen |
| File Name | Spooner, Elijah Allen |
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| Author/Creator | Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1879 |
| Full Text | Adrian March 11th 1849 My Dearest Friend It is now eleven days since you left Adrian and I am still here. I know that your patience will bee severely tried when you learn this. & in addition that it will be three or four days more before we shall get off. But I could not sufficiently fouser the time of our departur to find time to visit you, which I most anxiously wished to do We have been constantly expecting to start in two or thee days all the time. We are now waiting for Howard and Averys compainers who have appointed Wednesday next as the day to leave It is now expected that we shall go by way of Cincinnati, It is probably the quickest route but I think more expensiv & does not meet my views -- (I enclose you Forty Dollars ($40..) in this letter & shall enclose you some more in another if I get that at Tecumseh which I have not been to see about yet. I have been more successful in obtaining means tham I was fearful I should be when you left But it will leave a small sum to be collected hereafter, sa'y from one Hundred & fifty to two Hund Dolls for your use You therefore will be obliged to practice economy in expenditures to make it last till my return, of this however I doubt not your willingness |
| Collection | Overland Trails Diaries |
| Subject | Adrian (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); March 11, 1849; |
| Geographical Place Names |
Adrian (Ohio) Cincinnati (Ohio) |
| Patron Usage Instructions | These images and texts are made available for non-profit, educational, scholarly purposes, such as research, teaching and private study. For these purposes you may reproduce (print, download or make copies) these materials without prior permission, on the condition of proper attribution of the source on all copies: Courtesy Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602. Please contact Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602 to request permission to use these materials for other purposes, including but not limited to, any form of advertising or commercial reproductions, transactions, redistributions or transmissions, whether by digital means or otherwise. |
| Copyright Status/Owner | Brigham Young University, Copyright 2002 |
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| Title | Spooner, Elijah Allen, 1811-1879 L01p1 |
| File Name | L01p1.jpg |
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