Charles Grandison Hinman Diary

Collection

Identifier: M1610

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains a diary documenting Hinman's overland journey from near Peoria, Ill. to Cali. (1849) with a few entries on prospecting for gold (1850); also records of expenses (1849-1851); diary was also used by Hinman's daughter, Helen "Nellie" Whitcomb Hinman (1844-1920) for German school exercises (1862); microfilm (Mflm44) contains diary as well as a few letters from Hinman to his wife, Sarah Hosley Whitcomb Hinman (1816-1877).

Dates

1849-1850, 1862

Creator

Hinman, Charles G., 1808?-1868 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Copyright

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.

Biographical / Historical

Charles Grandison Hinman was born in New Milford, Conn. on November 2, 1810. By the mid-1840s, he was working as a carriage maker in Groveland, Ill. where he outfitted a wagon: the "Groveland Belle," for trip across the plains and mountains to the gold fields of California (1849). After his California venture, Hinman moved with this family to Hawleyville, Iowa in the 1860s where he died on August 27, 1868.

Extent

1 envelope (2 folders)

2 microfilm reels (microfilm reel 2 is a copy)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, Fred Rosenstock, Denver, Colo., no date.

Bibliography

Repository also has: A pretty fair view of the eliphent; or, Ten letters by Charles G. Hinman written during his trip overland from Groveland, Illinois, to California in 1849 and his adventures in the gold fields in 1849 and 1850 (C 978.045 H593pr); portrait of Charles Hinman (C58-16 ART).

General

Collection also contains microfilm (C MSS Mflm44).

Subjects

California -- Gold discoveries. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Hinman, Nellie W., 1844-1920 -- Archives
Letters (correspondence) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Microfilms Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Overland journeys to the Pacific. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings