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Diary of John M. Copeland
- Title
- Diary of John M. Copeland, 1876.
- Author
- Copeland, John Milton.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 666 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Diaries – Colorado – 19th century.
- Access (note)
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Cite As (note)
- John M. Copeland diary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Reproduction (note)
- Typescript by Benjamin Draper.
- Original Location (note)
- Original diary owned by Genevieve Nowlin, Kansas City, Missouri.
- Source (note)
- Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Draper, California Academy of Sciences
- Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Draper, California Academy of Sciences
- Biography (note)
- Typescript of a diary kept by John Milton Copeland in the mining town of Georgetown, Colorado, from January 30 to December 27, 1876. The majority of the diary is made up of short entries on daily life, such as Copeland's wages and expenditures and the weather (he complains about dust, mud, and rain). Copeland writes that Georgetown had the "stillness of death" because of poor mining prospects and economic decline, as well as a number of deaths from pneumonia. Copeland makes several references to politics, including the voting count from the successful bid to grant Colorado statehood, the Silver Question, and disputes, both local and national, between Democrats and Republicans. He also mentions an incident where "Italians engaged in a general shooting at Silver Plume."
- Call Number
- MssCol 666
- OCLC
- 519742049
- Author
- Copeland, John Milton.
- Title
- Diary of John M. Copeland, 1876.
- Cite As:
- John M. Copeland diary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Reproduction
- Typescript by Benjamin Draper.
- Original Location
- Original diary owned by Genevieve Nowlin, Kansas City, Missouri.
- Restricted Access
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Biography
- Typescript of a diary kept by John Milton Copeland in the mining town of Georgetown, Colorado, from January 30 to December 27, 1876. The majority of the diary is made up of short entries on daily life, such as Copeland's wages and expenditures and the weather (he complains about dust, mud, and rain). Copeland writes that Georgetown had the "stillness of death" because of poor mining prospects and economic decline, as well as a number of deaths from pneumonia. Copeland makes several references to politics, including the voting count from the successful bid to grant Colorado statehood, the Silver Question, and disputes, both local and national, between Democrats and Republicans. He also mentions an incident where "Italians engaged in a general shooting at Silver Plume."
- Source
- Gift Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Draper, California Academy of Sciences, 1961.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 666