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Guide to the John W. Ingram Collection, 1850-1854
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Title: John W. Ingram Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1850-1854
Box Number: 2026
Creator:
Ingram, John W.
Repository:
California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
Unrestricted.
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[Identification of item], John W. Ingram Collection, California State Library.
Ingram, John W.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Gold mines and mining--California.
Gold miners--California--Biography.
Coloma (Calif.)--History.
Fourteen letters and 16 pages of a diary which was written on the overland journey from
Michigan to California.
John W. Ingram. Farmer and argonaut. Travelled from Janesville, Leniwa County, Michigan
to California by wagon train in 1852. His letters describe his journey, mining in El
Dorado County and his efforts to earn enough money to return home.
- Ingram, John W.
- Chandler, D. D. T.
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