MZFCollection0396.xml Guide to the F.E.W. Patten Diary 1863 June 26-1863 September 27 Patten (F.E.W.) Diary Kim Allen Scott, 2009 Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Montana State University-Bozeman Library
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Finding aid encoded by ArchProteus2012 Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard) Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320 Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 United States Phone (406) 994-4242 Fax (406) 994-2851 http://www.lib.montana.edu/archives/ University Archivist spcoll@www.lib.montana.edu
Collection 396, MtBC, us Patten, F. E. W. (Francis England Wall), 1823-1898 F.E.W. Patten Diary 1863 June 26-1863 September 27 1 item The F.E.W. Patten Diary is a typewritten transcription of an original diary kept by Patten during his journey from Denver to Virginia City and then to Salt Lake City, in 1863. The text describes travel incidents, Virginia City, Bannack, Salt Lake City, and Mormonism. Collection materials are in English Biographical Note

F.E.W. Patten was born in Missouri and served in the Mexican American War. He moved to Denver, Colorado Territory in 1862 and again to Virginia City, Montana Territory, in 1863. After briefly working as a freighter, Patten established a general store at Virginia City in 1864. He moved to Butte in 1881 where he worked in the insurance business. He married Mary A. Armstrong at St. Joseph, Missouri in 1872.

Typewritten transcription of an original diary kept by Patten during his journey from Denver to Virginia City and then to Salt Lake City, in 1863. The location of the original diary is unknown but may be in the possession of descendants of Frances Patten. The text describes travel incidents, Virginia City, Bannack, Salt Lake City, and Mormonism. The manuscript is bound.

This collection is open for research.

Bound typewritten transcript of an original diary, prepared by Merrill G. Burlingame around 1960, was donated to Montana State University by Frances Patten of Bozeman, Montana, on January 12, 1966.

This collection was processed 2009 February 5

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