Journal for a trip to Yellowstone National Park written by Richard T. Jones
date: label: Date
content: 1882
name: label: Written by
content: Richard T. Jones, American, 1847 - 1924
label: Subject of
content: General Philip Henry Sheridan, American, 1831 - 1888
notes: label: Description
content: A small pocket journal with brown cardboard covers written by Richard T. Jones. The spine is covered in a dark green adhesive fabric. The pocket journal opens from the top. Inside the journal are several written entries detailing a trip to Yellowstone Park with General Philip H. Sheridan. Entries are written in pencil. Written in ink on the front page is “A Trip to the Yellowstone / Park / in Aug 1882 / with Genl P.H. Sheridan.” At the bottom of the front page, written upside down, is an address written in pencil “1553 Mich Ave.” The first entry is found on the second page and begins “Incidents of a Journey to the / National Park with General / Philip Sheridan and nine other / Officers and Gentlemen…” The pages of the journal are lined.
place: label: Place used
content: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Nature
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Butcher-Jones Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.93.61
objectType: label: Type
content: journals (accounts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paper, cardboard, graphite, cloth
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 11 13/16 × 4 3/16 × 7/16 in. (30 × 10.6 × 1.1 cm)