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John Cornock, Gold Rush Letters, 1850-1855
This collection consists of 18 letters written by John Cornock to his sister in Albany, NY. The letters were written from California, or while enroute to California, during the Gold Rush era. Please note that historical materials in the Gold Rush Collections may include viewpoints and...
John Ryerson
Correspondence discusses family matters and details of Sacramento business. In addition, there is a letter, unsigned, dated Jan. 7, 1849, from Panama, describing a voyage to California. **Please note that historical materials in the Gold Rush Collections may include viewpoints and values that...
John S. Lamb
Four-page letter sent from "Murders Barr California, Dec. 24th 1850" to "Mr. James Ewing" and signed by John S. Lamb. Lamb was 35 years old when he left Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania, to follow the overland trail to California. In July of 1850 he was mining at Murderers Bar, near...
John S. Lester
This collection contains a four-page letter dated August 26, 1849 from John S. Lester to William Larabee, in Gales Ferry, Connecticut. On January 24, 1849, John Lester and partners in the Groton California Company sailed from New London, Connecticut, on the schooner Velasco bound for California....
Jonathan Bassett
Four-page letter from Downieville written on November 16, 1852. Addressed to "Dear friends" and signed Jonathan Bassett. Jonathan Bassett sends his friends a grim picture of life in the California goldfields. ** Please note that historical materials in the Gold Rush Collections may include...
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Joseph A. Benton Collection
Joseph A. Benton came to California in 1849, during the gold rush. He first settled in Sacramento, where he founded the First Congregation Church in 1851. He was a pastor for many years as well as a professor of Biblical literature at Pacific Theological Seminary. This collection consists of...
Journal Palmetto Mining Company Voyage
This journal is a record of the journey from Charleston, South Carolina to Coloma, California, and covers the period of March 3, 1849 to October 12, 1849. The journal belonged to Edward Keegan, but it is not known if Keegan is the actual author. The Palmetto Mining Company members traveled...
Mark D. Manlove
Mark D. Manlove's reminiscences "An overland trip to the California gold fields". Seventeen pages, some handwritten annotations. The manuscript is undated so it is not known when Manlove wrote his reminiscences but certainly some passages have the flow of often-told anecdotes; it is also not...
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Mary Buchanan
Two-page letter dated Jan. 6th, 1858 from Mary Buchanan in French Camp (San Joaquin County) to "Mrs. Sarah Jones, Garote, Calafornia" (now Groveland). ** Please note that historical materials in the Gold Rush Collections may include viewpoints and values that are not consistent with the values...
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Moses Hatch
Seven letters dated from 1850(?)-1868, and addressed to various members of Hatch’s family. In the early letters, Hatch is concerned with keeping in touch with those at home and often justifies his stay in California and is aware that remaining makes him appear a neglectful son. In the last...