Notes, Colony Guard

File — Box: 56, Folder: 7

Identifier: IX

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This section contains material related to A Forty-niner in Utah (University of Utah Library, 1981). The genesis of this book was the purchase by the Marriott Library of the papers of John Hudson, a young Englishman who immigrated to New York, crossed the plains to the Salt Lake valley, and became a member of Stansbury's expedition to survey and maps the Great Salt Lake. Hudson's brief appearance in the historical record began with a letter to his family penned aboard the Cambridge, outbound from Liverpool in 1848, and ended in 1852 with a letter written by an agent of the Hudson family in New York City notifying Benjamin Hudson of the death of his son in Utah. Madsen's research files are arranged chronologically following John Hudson's movements. For example, research relating to sea travel in the nineteenth century is located in box 55, folders 9-12, "August-September, 1848," since this is the period of time when Hudson was aboard ship. Research on topics related to pioneer life in Utah are located in folders 17-18 of this box, labeled "John Hudson, April, 1850." There are two manuscript drafts following the research files: the usual Madsen first draft--handwritten in pencil on legal pads--and the editorial draft, which reflects the process of paring down the outcome of Madsen's prodigious research. Both Margery Ward and Everett Cooley made editorial notes on this manuscript. Following the material relating to publication of the book are notes, source documents and drafts of Madsen's article on John Hudson's trek across the plains, "The Colony Guard to California in '49," which was published in Utah Historical Quarterly in 1983.

Dates

<title render="italic">1848-50</title>

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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