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Diary and Notebook - Voyage to California and early experiences

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Collection
Extent

2 notebooks 1852 - 73 leaves, 1855 - 57 leaves

Description

Includes 2 3/4" x 4" leather-bound notebooks with handwritten annotations on Morse's sea voyage to California, early California experiences including his horse being stolen and retrieved, his appointment as justice of the peace and judge of elections in 1852, and someone's threat to shoot him. The 1855 notebook is largely blank.

Creation Date
  • 1852, 1855
Arrangement

Located in Series 3) Diaries and Notebooks.

Location Of Originals

This digital file is a surrogate of an item from the Ephraim W. Morse Family Papers (Box 2, Folder 8).

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Language
  • English
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[Title, Date]. Ephraim W. Morse Family Papers. MSS 689. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]

Copyright

Public domain (US)

Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.

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Digital Object Made Available By

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)

Last Modified

2021-08-31