Register of the J. Benjamin Howe Letter
Mandeville Special Collections Library 0175S
© 1997
UC, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
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Register of the J. Benjamin Howe Letter,1849
MSS 0208
Mandeville Special Collections LibraryGEISEL LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
- Mandeville Special Collections Library 0175S
- UC, San Diego
- La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
- Phone: (858) 534-2533
- Fax: (858) 534-5950
- Email: spcoll@ucsd.edu
- Repository Website: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/
© 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
This file last updated: July 1997.
Title: J. Benjamin Howe Letter,
Date (inclusive): 1849
Collection number: MSS 0208
Extent: 0.10 linear feet (1 item (3 leaves) in one
folder.)
Repository:
Mandeville Special Collections Library, Geisel Library, UC, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
Shelf Location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
J. Benjamin Howe Letter, MSS 0208. Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD.
Holograph letter addressed "Dear friends, in which Howe describes his journey from
Acapulco to San Diego by ship and on foot, working conditions as a cook at Mr. Grey's
camp, the whereabouts of various named ships, and how and when he hopes to get to the
gold diggings. Includes two long poems, one titled "Pacific Hymn."