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Descriptive Summary
Title:
Franklin Augustus Buck Papers 1846 - 1966 (bulk 1846-1881)
Collection number:
HM 60439-60663
Creator:
Buck, Franklin Augustus, 1826-1909
Extent:
376 pieces
Abstract:
The papers consist primarily of correspondence from 1846-1881 written by Franklin A. Buck to his sister, Mary Sewall Buck Bradley, living in Bucksport, ME. They detail his activities in New York City until early 1849 and then his life in various parts of California and Nevada from 1849 to 1881. Because Franklin regularly addresses his letters and envelopes to his sister as Mary Sewall Bradley and does not include her maiden name, the cataloging of the collection reflects this use.
>The collection also contains five letters from Franklin A. Buck to his father, Rufus Buck, who was also living in Bucksport, ME. Franklin's younger brother, Sewall Buck (d. 1862), who tried his luck at mining in California, wrote six letters to their sister Mary between the years 1851-1854, and this correspondence is also found in the collection. There is also an exchange of letters between Franklin and a friend named Edwin Kirk in San Francisco, CA, in 1852.
>At the end of the collection is a typed document by Rockwell Dennis Hunt (1868-1966) which discusses the Franklin A. Buck correspondence.
Repository:
The Huntington Library
San Marino, California 91108
Language:
English.
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