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Title: Diary
Creator: Ripley, H. L.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1888 October 3-1889 January 12
Contributing Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection: H. L. Ripley papers
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Scope/Content: Journal of a recreational trip through Mexico on horseback by a group of United States military officers and a Mexican guide. The group traveled from Fort Ringgold, Texas to Laredo and then to Mexico City while on a leave of absence. Includes six manuscript maps of Fort Ringgold, a U.S. Army cavalry post. The end of the journal contains a list of photographs taken and a log of daily miles traveled and destinations reached.
Condition: Original sheep covers, worn and spotted.
Type: text
Format: 1 diary
Form/Genre: diaries
maps
Extent: 212 pages
Identifier: ark:/86086/n2h13433
curivsc_ms020_002_001
Language: English
eng
Subject: Travel
Horses
Armed Forces--Officers
Place: Mexico
Mexican-American Border Region
Source: MS 020
Location: Box 2, Volume 1

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