On View
Power of Place Gallery
Exhibition
Power of Place
Written by
Richard T. Jones, American, 1847 - 1924
Subject of
General Sheridan, Philip Henry, American, 1831 - 1888
Date
1882
Medium
paper, cardboard, graphite, cloth
Dimensions
H x W x D: 11 13/16 × 4 3/16 × 7/16 in. (30 × 10.6 × 1.1 cm)
Description
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 used
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Documents and Manuscripts
Type
journals (accounts)
Topic
American West
Communication
Military
Nature
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Butcher-Jones Family
Object number
2015.93.61
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e699a1b7-e13f-4ba3-92fe-bd3f54e1e27f

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