Document Registry

 

Pomeroy, Henry Martyn Manuscript Collection

Coverage: 
1859–1860
Source: 
Papers, .10 foot

Description
Bookseller. A photocopy and typescript of a portion of the diary (1859–1860) of Henry M. Pomeroy, in which he recorded his overland journey to California, with colorful descriptions of the gold fields and the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. Also included are the minutes of a vigilante committee near Omaha, Nebraska, as well as an account of a massacre in Oregon Territory. [This collection has a restriction. See finding aid for details.]