Coffee (Joseph E.) Letter, October 11, 1850

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Title:: Coffee, Joseph E., Letter
Dates:: October 11, 1850
Creators:: Coffee, Joseph E., fl. 1830-1900
Abstract:: A three page, handwritten letter, dated Oct. 11, 1850 from Joseph E. Coffee, agent, in New York, to his brother in California. The letter pertains to monies received from him, and asking for more detailed accounts of his finances - both personal and business. He also notes the loss of houses on board a ship which was ship wrecked - the name of the ship is not given. He notes not to have his family join him in California.
Extent:: 1.0 folder (1 letter, 3 pages)
Language:
Preferred citation:: Joseph E. Coffee Letter. The Society of California Pioneers.

Scope and content:: A three page, handwritten letter, dated Oct. 11, 1850 from Joseph E. Coffee, agent, in New York, to his brother in California. The letter pertains to monies received from him, and asking for more detailed accounts of his finances - both personal and business. he discusses the possibility of his brother taking his wife back to California, only after he has returned to New York and their business matters have been completed. Coffee speaks of a bill of lading of "4 more houses", and they are the last they will send. He also notes the loss of houses on board a ship which was ship wrecked - the name of the ship is not given. Joseph Coffee states that after his brother returns to New York, he then "will have obtained a full knowledge of the country its resources and circumstances, and if then you wish to take your wife and enter on a new enterprise, it will afford me pleasure to do anything in my power to forward your views...but at the present it would not be proper for her to come."
Biographical / historical:: No information found.
Acquisition information:: Donor and date of acquisition unknown.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Gold mines and mining -- California -- History.
Prefabricated houses

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Patricia L. Keats
Date Prepared:: January 5, 2012
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-01-05T16:06-0800

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Preferred citation:: Joseph E. Coffee Letter. The Society of California Pioneers.

Location of this collection:: Society of California Pioneers

300 Fourth Street

San Francisco, CA 94107, US