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The Butterfield overland mail

Title
The Butterfield overland mail / by Waterman L. Ormsby, only through passenger on the first westbound stage ; edited by Lyle H. Wright and Josephine M. Bynum.
Author
Ormsby, Waterman Lilly, 1834-1908
Publication
  • San Marino, California : The Huntington library, 1942.
  • Pasedena : Val Trefz Press, 1942.

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Additional Authors
  • Wright, Lyle Henry, 1903-1979
  • Bynum, Josephine M.
  • Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, issuing body.
  • Val Trefz Press, printer.
Description
xv, 179 p. incl. col. illus., tables. fold front. (facsim.); 24 cm.
Subject
  • Ormsby, Waterman Lilly, 1834-1908
  • Ormsby, Waterman Lilly, 1834-1908
  • Overland Mail Company
  • Overland Mail Company
  • Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • Postal service > United States > History
  • Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • Postal service
  • Butterfield Overland Trail
  • United States > Butterfield Overland Trail
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Autobiography
  • autobiographies (literary works)
  • Autobiographies
  • History
  • Autobiographies.
Note
  • Map on lining-papers.
  • Reprint of a series of eight articles, published in six numbers of the New York herald at intervals from September 26 to November 19, 1858. cf. Introd.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical foot-notes.
Contents
Introduction -- Ormsby's Articles -- [Tipton, missouri] september 16 -- Near red river, indian territory, september 20 -- Near fort belknap, texas, september 22 -- Near el paso, texas, september 28 -- Tucson, arizona, october 2 -- San francisco, october 10 -- San francisco, october 13 -- St. louis, september 16
LCCN
42050111
OCLC
  • ocm01616965
  • 1616965
  • SCSB-185867
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library