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The Butterfield overland mail / by Waterman L. Ormsby ; edited by Lyle H. Wright and Josephine M. Bynum.

Title
The Butterfield overland mail / by Waterman L. Ormsby ; edited by Lyle H. Wright and Josephine M. Bynum.
Author
Ormsby, Waterman Lilly, 1834-1908.
Publication
San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library, 1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Wright, Lyle Henry, 1903-1979
  • Bynum, Josephine M.
  • Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Description
xv, 179 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.
Summary
Account written by "a reporter who, in 1858, crossed the western states as the sole through passenger of the Butterfield Overland Mail stage on its first trip from St. Louis to San Francisco"--Back cover.
Subject
  • Ormsby, Waterman Lilly, 1834-1908 > Travel > West (U.S.)
  • Coaching (Transportation) > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century
  • Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • Postal service > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century
  • West (U.S.) > Description and travel
  • Butterfield Overland Trail
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0873280954 (pbk.) :
LCCN
^^^91022092^
OCLC
23972783
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library