Diary July 14 - November 30, 1867
date: label: Date Range
content: 1867
label: Start Date
content: 18670714
label: End Date
content: 18671130
notes: label: Abstract
content: Diary documents travels of William Healey Dall July 14 - November 30, 1867 during the Western Union Telegraph Expedition. Entries are written on the right hand side of the book, left hand side left or sketches and maps. Includes hand drawn map of a region visited, with locations indicated in a foreign language (conceivably an Indigenous language); inventory including structures and sleds; provisions; sketches of indigenous people; list of Russian and American participants; cross sections with descriptions; sketches of Native American tools and pottery; poetry/lyrics; descriptions of insects; and mineral specimens collected and prepared. On July 24th, receives word of the American Purchase of Alaska.
place: label: Place
content: Yukon River
label: Place
content: Nulato Hills
label: Place
content: Alaska
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Geology
label: Topic
content: Natural history
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content: William H. Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
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content: Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
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content: Western Union Telegraph Expedition (1865-1867)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007073
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
label: Object Type
content: Diary
objectRights: label: Access Information
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physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: William H. Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
label: Physical Description
content: 1 diary
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 20 Folder 4