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Pritchard, James A.
THE OVERLAND DIARY OF JAMES A. PRITCHARD FROM KENTUCKY TO CALIFORNIAIN 1849.
1959 1st With a biography of Captain James A. Pritchard by Hugh Pritchard Williamson. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. With an introduction, bibliography, and a chart of travel by all known diarists west across South Pass in 1849 and illustrated with a portrait, and two unpublished maps of 1849 drawn by J. Goldsborough Bruff. Denver: Fred A. Rosenstock, The Old West Publishing Company, 1959. First edition. This overland diary certainly ranks as one of the most important, not only because of Pritchard's observations, but also because of the scholarship of editor Dale Morgan. Pritchard, a veteran of the Mexican War, set out from Petersborough, Kentucky on April 10, 1849, followed the California Trail, and reached Coloma on August 13. Departing from the diary format, he went on to describe life in Coloma and the wet season. Forsaking mining, he superintended stock near the Cosumnes before returning east and settling in Missouri. Red cloth binding, with gilt stamping on the spine and a pictorial design on the front. Jacket soiled, and a bit browned along the spine and extremities, with some chipping and short tears to the top edge; otherwise a very good copy. Kurutz, G.: The California Gold Rush, #519.
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