Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Contents
Biography
Correspondents
Descriptive Summary
Title: Brown Family Papers
Box Number: 1524-1525
Creator:
Brown Family
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Unrestricted.
Conditions of Use
Please credit California State Library.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Brown Family Papers, California State Library.
Access Points
Gold mines and mining--California--Tuolumne County.
California--Gold discoveries.
Frontier and pioneer life--California.
Contents
Correspondence, financial papers, legal papers, business cards, invitation.
Biography
J.W.L. Brown of Marietta, Ohio came to California in 1852 with his sons James, John and
Will to join his brother Frank, already in Sonoma. He mined in Tuolumne County until 1855
when he returned to Ohio without striking it rich in the California Gold Rush. He
continued to correspond with his brother and sons who stayed on in California.
Correspondents
Major Correspondents:
- Brown, Anna G.
- Brown, J. W. L.
- Brown, James
- Brown, John
- Brown, Mary
- Brown, Matilda
Other Correspondents:
- Bohl, Henry
- Brown, I. W. W.
- Brown, Phoebe
- Dikeman, W. E.
- Dikeman, W. E., Mrs.
- White, Emeline
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