Guide to the Brown Family Papers
Processed by The California State Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by
Brooke Dykman Dockter
California History Room
© 1998
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Guide to the Brown Family Papers
California State Library
Sacramento, California
- California History Room
- California State Library
- Library and Courts Building II
- 900 N. Street, Room 200
- P.O. Box 942837
- Sacramento, California 94237-0001
- Phone: (916) 654-0176
- Fax: (916) 654-8777
- Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
- URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/
- Processed by:
- The California State Library staff
- Encoded by:
- Brooke Dykman Dockter
© 1998 California State Library. All rights reserved.
Title: Brown Family Papers
Box Number: 1524-1525
Creator:
Brown Family
Repository:
California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
Unrestricted.
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[Identification of item], Brown Family Papers, California State Library.
Gold mines and mining--California--Tuolumne County.
California--Gold discoveries.
Frontier and pioneer life--California.
Correspondence, financial papers, legal papers, business cards, invitation.
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.
- Brown, Anna G.
- Brown, J. W. L.
- Brown, James
- Brown, John
- Brown, Mary
- Brown, Matilda
- Bohl, Henry
- Brown, I. W. W.
- Brown, Phoebe
- Dikeman, W. E.
- Dikeman, W. E., Mrs.
- White, Emeline
Administrative Information
Box Box 1524
Correspondence, 1830 -1898
Box Box 1525
Correspondence, n.d., Financial Papers, Legal Papers, Family records (genealogy), Programs, Clipping, Business cards, invitation, lock of hair