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Letter from Parkville, Missouri
Letter from Parkville, Missouri
Dates: 1850
Handwritten letter dated 13 April 1850. The item is from the residents of Parkville, Missouri, to a newspaper called the "Tribune" in which they suggest Parkville as an embarkation point for emigrants going to California.
- Extent: 1 item (2 p.) + typescript
- Call Number: MSS SC 647
- Repository: L. Tom Perry Special Collections; 19th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts; 1130 Harold B. Lee Library; Brigham Young University; Provo, Utah 84606; http://sc.lib.byu.edu/
- Access Restrictions: Open for public research.
- Languages and Scripts
- Materials are in English.
- Conditions of Use
- It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Letter from Parkville, Missouri must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
- Preferred Citation
- Initial citation: MSS SC 647; Letter from Parkville, Missouri; 19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Following citations: MSS SC 647, LTPSC.
- Custodial History
- Donated.
- Acquisition Information
- Donated.
- Subject Terms
- Immigration and American Expansion; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Overland Journeys to the Western United States; Parkville (Mo.)--History--Sources
- Genre / Form
- Letters
- Appraisal Information
- Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (19th century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy).
- Finding Aid ID Number
- UPB_MSSSC647
- Finding Aid Title
- Letter from Parkville, Missouri
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Elisa Visick
- Finding Aid Creator
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-10-05T08:34-0600
- Finding Aid Language
- English
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Ryan Lee
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