Scope and Contents From the Series: This section contains material related to A Forty-niner in Utah (University of Utah Library, 1981). The genesis of this book was the purchase by the Marriott Library of the papers of John Hudson, a young Englishman who immigrated to New York, crossed the plains to the Salt Lake valley, and became a member of Stansbury's expedition to survey and maps the Great Salt Lake. Hudson's brief appearance in the historical record began with a letter to his family penned...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This section contains material related to A Forty-niner in Utah (University of Utah Library, 1981). The genesis of this book was the purchase by the Marriott Library of the papers of John Hudson, a young Englishman who immigrated to New York, crossed the plains to the Salt Lake valley, and became a member of Stansbury's expedition to survey and maps the Great Salt Lake. Hudson's brief appearance in the historical record began with a letter to his family penned...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This section contains material related to A Forty-niner in Utah (University of Utah Library, 1981). The genesis of this book was the purchase by the Marriott Library of the papers of John Hudson, a young Englishman who immigrated to New York, crossed the plains to the Salt Lake valley, and became a member of Stansbury's expedition to survey and maps the Great Salt Lake. Hudson's brief appearance in the historical record began with a letter to his family penned...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This section contains material related to A Forty-niner in Utah (University of Utah Library, 1981). The genesis of this book was the purchase by the Marriott Library of the papers of John Hudson, a young Englishman who immigrated to New York, crossed the plains to the Salt Lake valley, and became a member of Stansbury's expedition to survey and maps the Great Salt Lake. Hudson's brief appearance in the historical record began with a letter to his family penned...

Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, documents and notes related to researching Hudson's roots in England.

Scope and Contents Contains notes and photocopies of secondary sources related to sea travel, New York City, and Mormon immigration. Also includes excerpts from Charles Dickens' American Notes for General Circulation.

Scope and Contents Research documents found here include information on West Point, the military, the postal service, and churches in New England.

Scope and Contents Contains information on European factors influencing American immigration patterns and literature regarding travel across the plains.

Scope and Contents Contains travel narratives and research on nineteenth-century methods of travel.

Scope and Contents Contains information concerning overland travel and the culture of the Salt Lake valley.