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Title A Governor's Wife in the Mining Frontier
Creator Edgerton, Mary Wright, 1827-1884
Subject Letters; Frontier and pioneer life; Women pioneers; Governors' spouses
Subject Local Montana--Governors--Wives--Correspondence; Bannack (Mont.)--Gold discoveries--Sources
Description Trading in a life of comfort and refinement, Mary Wright Edgerton settled into a small log cabin in the Idaho Territory in the 1860's in order to be near her husband, Sidney Edgerton. Sidney had been appointed chief justice of the Idaho Territory by Abraham Lincoln. These letters home describe in vivid detail her experiences on the frontier. Edited and with an introduction by James L. Thane, Jr.
Publisher Tanner Trust Fund University of Utah Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
Contributors Thane, James L., Jr.; Cooley, Everett L.; Madsen, Brigham D.; Tyler, Lyman S.; Ward, Margery W.
Date 1976
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Format Creation Digital images scanned at 8-bit grayscale on an Epson Expression 836XL flatbed scanner, and saved as uncompressed TIFF files at 3492 x 5520 pixels resolution. Display GIF files generated In PhotoShop.
Source A governor's wife on the mining frontier : the letters of Mary Edgerton from Montana, 1863-1865
Language eng
Relation Is Part of: Utah, the Mormons, and the West, no. 7
Coverage 1863-1865
Rights Management University of Utah, Copyright 2001
Holding Institution J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Source Physical Dimensions 16 cm x 24 cm
Source Characteristics Printed Hard Cover Book
Scanning Device Epson Expression 836XL Flatbed Scanner
Resolution TIFF: 3492 x 5520 pixels
Dimensions Gif: 873 x 1380 pixels
Bit Depth Text: 1-bit / Images: 8-bit (grayscale
Scanning Technician Karen Edge
Call Number F 731 .E36
ARK ark:/87278/s6kh0mk1
Topic Women pioneers; Governors' spouses; Letters; Frontier and pioneer life; Montana--Bannack
Setname uum_ttb
ID 328531
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kh0mk1

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Title Governor's Wife, page 027
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kh0mk1/328410
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