Robert Stuart diary excerpts

Collection

Identifier: Mss 2933

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Typescript excerpts from a diary, 1812-1813, regarding Robert Stuart's journey across North America from Astoria, Oregon, to New York, New York. At the top of the typescript is the following: "Extracts from the 'Journal of a voyage across The Continent of North America From Astoria The Pacific Fur Companys prinicipal Establishment on the Columbia, To the City of New York kept by Robert Stuart.' [Taken from a typewritten copy in the New York Public Library, New York City. 1920.]"

Dates

Creation: 1812-1813

Creator

Stuart, Robert, 1785-1848 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Typescript excerpts from a diary, 1812-1813, regarding Robert Stuart's journey across North America from Astoria, Oregon, to New York, New York.

Publication note

Stuart, Robert. The discovery of the Oregon trail: Robert Stuart's narratives of his overland trip eastward from Astoria in 1812-13. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1935.