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    • Author/Creator:Sage, Rufus B., 1817-1893.
    • Title:Rufus B. Sage papers, 1789-1864.
    • Physical Description:0.42 linear feet (1 box)
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    • Notes:Gift of William Robertson Coe.
    • Biographical / Historical note:Rufus B. Sage left his home in Cromwell, Connecticut, in 1836 and moved to Marietta, Ohio, where he engaged in the printing and newspaper buiness. In 1841 he traveled across the Plains to the Rocky Mountains and Oregon, traveling west twice and returning to Ohio in 1844. He wrote an account of his travels which was published in 1846 with the title, Scenes in the Rocky Mountains, and in Oregon, California, New Mexico, Texas, and the Grand Prairies.
    • Summary:The collection contains papers of Rufus B. Sage's grandfather, Elisha Sage, and his father, Rufus Sage, about their life and family in Connecticut. Rufus B. Sage's papers contains correspondence with family and others, poems he wrote, and material related to the publication of his book.
    • Publications:Rufus B. Sage: his Letters and Papers, 1836-1847; ed. by LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen. Glendale, California: A.H. Clark Co., 1956.
    • Format:Archives or Manuscripts
    • References:A detailed list of Rufus B. Sage's papers in the collection can be found in; Withington, M. C. Catalogue of Western Americana Manuscripts, 414, p. 236-237.
    • Cite as:Rufus B. Sage Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
    • Subjects:Gear, Frances S.
      Gear, Jerusha S, 1806-
      Sage, Edmund, 1804-
      Sage, Elisha, 1755-1801.
      Sage, Jerusha Butler.
      Sage, Rufus, 1777-1826.
      Sage, Rufus B., 1817-1893.
      Sage family.
      Carey & Hart.
      West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
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