Four letters dated Omaha, August 22, 1868; Cheyenne, September 27 [1868], Rocky Mountains, Wyoming, November 18, 1868; and Atlantic, Sweetwater Mines, June 27 [1869?]; with a fifth letter from his wife, Lydia (Crosby) Cleveland to her sister, Salt Lake City, February 23, 1873 (4 p. A.L.S. 21 cm.). Viewpoint of an Easterner on Omaha and Nebraska; travel by Union Pacific to Cheyenne; work for contractor in railhead towns; character of the Wyoming towns in 1868; and Atlantic City during the mining boom of 1869. Wife's 1873 letter from Salt Lake City describes in meticulous detail a Mormon funeral, with some description of Brigham Young's wives and children.

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