James Manuel Puckett, Jr. manuscript for Experience of a Frontier Traveler


Descriptive Summary
Title: James Manuel Puckett, Jr. manuscript for Experience of a Frontier Traveler
Creator: Puckett, James Manuel, Jr.
Inclusive Dates: 1965
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 folder(s)
Collection Number: ms513
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a typescript summary of U.S. geologist, G. W. Featherstonaugh's trip from July 19 to August 17, 1835 taken from his A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor, London, 1847. The summary, compiled by James M. Puckett in 1965, details Featherstonaugh's voyage from Decatur, Alabama along the Tennessee River and to Cherokee country.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

James Manuel Puckett, Jr. manuscript for Experience of a Frontier Traveler, ms513, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Cherokee Indians.

Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866

Notes.

Southern States -- Description and travel.