Morgan, Dale L., 1941-1970

File — Box: 2, Folder: 19

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

December 1, 1941: Salt Lake City, Morgan writes Kelly regarding Etienne Provost, the Aiken Massacre, and Antonine Robidoux; March 27, 1942: Salt Lake City, brief notes on William Hickman and Orrin Porter Rockwell; January 15, 1943: Arlington, Virginia, Morgan cites errors in ; December 14, 1943: Morgan writes J. R. Korns citing the same errors listed above and sent to Kelly; June 25, 1944: Arlington, Virginia, a discussion of the Stansbury journals in relation to the Hasting road and the Fremont trail of 1845; April 8, 1946: No heading, Morgan writes of his "gold mine" in the diary of Sublette and Stewart's hunting expedition of 1843 kept by M. F. Fields. The diary includes information on Miles Goodyear, the Cheyenne Indian Robbery, William Lewis Sublette, and William H. Ashley; April 12, 1946: No heading, Morgan copies a letter of James F. Reid of the Donner Party, written at Fort Bridger, 1846; July 25 and 26, 1946: No heading, Morgan calls this a "communique on the subject of Miles Goodyear" wherein he cites and corrects errors in Kelly's book; December 2, 1946: Arlington, Virginia, more information on Miles Goodyear which Morgan relates to J. R. Korns and Charles Kelly; May 22, 1949: Salt Lake City, Morgan mails types copies of a diary of the Donner Party and discusses entries with Korns and Kelly. Other enclosures with the diary include typed copies of a letter from T. Popp Long, Fort Bridger, July 19, 1846, and published in the November 28, 1846; an unidentified letter dated July 23, 1846, at Fort Bridger, published in , November 7, 1846; and a memorandum on Skull Valley mileages made by Morgan and sent to Kelly to be checked; February 5, 1970: Morgan has checked census records at Bancroft Library and writes census information on Lansford W. Hastings, Frank Greenwood, James Bridger, and Lewis Vasquez.

Dates

1941-1970

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