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  1. From November 20, 1846 to March 1, 1847, Irish immigrant Patrick Breen, a Donner party member, kept a diary of his ordeal in the mountains. Clinging to survival with his wife Margaret and...

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  2. From November 20, 1846 to March 1, 1847, Irish immigrant Patrick Breen, a Donner party member, kept a diary of his ordeal in the mountains. Clinging to survival with his wife Margaret and...

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  3. Bibliography. Breen, Patrick, Manuscript Diary. The only known journal kept by a member of the Donner Party during the winter of entrapment. Transcribed and published in many later works. Available online in original manuscript at the University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library.

  4. Abstract: The diary of Patrick Breen was recorded between November 20, 1846 and March 1, 1847. At the time of the diary's composition, Breen and his family were part of a group of pioneers--which came to be known as the Donner Party--completing an overland journey from the Great Plains to California. The diary documents the harsh environmental

  5. Mar 1, 2017 · Patrick Breen began recording in his diary on November 20, 1846. “It continueing [SIC] to snow all the time we were here we now have killed most part of our cattle having to stay here untill [SIC] next spring & live on poor beef without bread or salt,” wrote Breen.

  6. Breen (Patrick) Diary, Nov. 20, 1846 - Mar. 1, 1847. Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

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  8. The Diary of Patrick Breen: Document Analysis . Word Frequency: Which words are used most frequently in these diary excerpts and why are they so important to understanding the diary? Choose three frequently used words to complete the following.

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