Guide to the Benjamin Francis Tarr Papers, 1848-1852
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Guide to the Benjamin Francis Tarr Papers, 1848-1852
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:
- Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1999 California State Library. All rights reserved.
Title: Benjamin Francis Tarr Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1848-1852
Box Number: 192
Creator:
Tarr, Benjamin Francis
Repository:
California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
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[Identification of item], Benjamin Francis Tarr Papers, California State Library.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
California--Gold discoveries.
Tarr, Benjamin Francis.
Gold mines and mining--California.
Pioneers--California.
Correspondence.
Tarr came to California in 1849 from Chillicothe, Missouri. He lived in Sacramento and mined gold on the Feather River before
returning to Missouri in 1851. In 1853, he attempted to return to California by ship. However, the ship, the Independence,
was wrecked off the island Margarita in Lower California and he was drowned.
Box Box 192
Arranged chronologically.