Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Johnson Beal Collection,
- Dates:
- 1852-1869
- Creators:
- Beal, Johnson, 1830-1876
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Johnson Beal Collection, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Letters from family and friends, poll tax receipts.
- Biographical / historical:
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Johnson Beal was born in England about 1830. He arrived in California in the early 1850s. A miner and brick mason, he resided in Sacramento, Tuolumne, and Nevada Counties. He died June 14, 1876 in Sacramento.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Gold mines and mining--California
- Names:
- Beal, Johnson, 1830-1876
- Places:
- California--Gold discoveries
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
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Please credit California State Library.
Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Johnson Beal Collection, California State Library.
- Location of this collection:
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900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
- Contact:
- (916) 654-0176