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- Creator
- Sawyer, Asaph
- Call number
- MssCol 2683
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Asaph Sawyer diary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Diary in the form of letters to his wife, etc., on a journey from Maine to California by boat. Account begins at Aspinwall (now Colon), Panama, resumed at city of Panama where first dated entry appears. Describes manners, dress, worship, etc. of natives; cost of commodities at ports, life aboard the ship, etc., from Acapulco, Mexico, to San Diego. References disillusionment of gold seekers, etc
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328