Stowell (Levi) Pocket Diary : transcript, 1849

Summary

Title:

Levi Stowell pocket diary : transcript,

Dates:

1849

Creators:

N/A

Extent:

1 item

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Levi Stowell pocket diary : transcript, M0087, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Summary: Transcript of a pocket diary kept during a trip from Washington, D.C. to California by ship via the Panama Isthmus in 1849.

Biographical / historical:

Levi Stowell, born in Colesville, New York in 1820, travelled to California in 1849. He died in San Francisco 18 May 1855.

Custodial history:

N/A

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by C. Del Anderson

Date Prepared:

© 1998

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word.. Date of source: N/A.

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Levi Stowell pocket diary : transcript, M0087, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, Manuscripts Division

Department of Special Collections, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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