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- Creator
- Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927
- Call number
- MssCol 4697
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- Edward Everett Ayer diary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Narrative of his journey across the plains in 1860, from his home in Harvard, Ill., to see San Francisco; subsequent service as corporal and sergeant, 1st California Cavalry and lieutenant, 1st New Mexico Infantry, serving in California, Arizona and New Mexico, 1861-1863; and return to Illinois in 1864
Key terms
Names
Subjects
Places
- Arizona -- Description and travel
- California -- Description and travel
- New Mexico -- Description and travel
- New Mexico -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Material types
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