Guide to the Charles Haynes Manuscript Translation of Duplessis's California, or the Gold Seekers of Sacramento MS.M.056
Audra Eagle Yun, 2012; updates made by Zoe MacLeod, 2021
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Title: Charles Haynes manuscript translation of Duplessis's California, or the gold
seekers of Sacramento
Identifier/Call Number: MS.M.056
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
(1 flat box)
Date: 1849
Abstract: This bound volume was acquired for its
inclusion of Charles H. Haynes's translation of Duplessis's California, or the gold seekers
of Sacramento. It is a holographic manuscript written in the blank pages preceded by John F.
Ames's The mnemosynum.
Language of Material:
English .
The collection is open for research.
Acquired using funds from the Verle and Elizabeth Annis Library Endowed Fund, 2005.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Collection consists of The mnemosynum, by John F. Ames (Utica, N.Y. : Orren Hutchinson,
1840), a guide on how to prepare and use a commonplace book, which, as originally published,
includes 270 blank ruled pages at the end. Fifty-four of these blank pages have been used by
Charles H. Haynes for writing out his translations into English of two tales by Eugene Sue,
as well as Paul Duplessis' Les chercheurs d'or du Sacramento (Paris, 1849), a novella of the
California Gold Rush. Haynes' English translation is apparently the first and only
translation of Duplessis' work, which tells the story of an old Mexican miner, Rafael
Quirino, in five chapters. The manuscript is illustrated by Haynes with small pen-and-ink
drawings and decorative titles.
Charles Haynes manuscript translation of Duplessis's California, or the gold seekers of
Sacramento. [Collection #]. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries,
Irvine, California. Date accessed.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gold miners -- California -- Fiction -- Archives
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Fiction -- Archives
Sacramento (Calif.) -- Fiction -- Archives
Translations -- 19th century.
Commonplace books -- 19th century.
Narratives -- 19th century.
box 1
Manuscript 1849