Title:
Charles Chase Crosby letters: to his family : ALS, 1863-1870
Creator/Contributor:
Crosby, Charles Chase, 1839-1898, creator
Abstract:
Approximately 120 letters addressed to members of his immediate family, recounting his experiences in his overland journey
to California, as a bookkeeper, tax collector, Deputy Assessor, Deputy Sheriff, and finally Superintendent of Schools of Placer
County, California. Chase remarks on current affairs ranging from slavery, the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln, gold
mining in California, and the first transcontinental railroad.
Date:
1863 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Placer County
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique
Or -- Mines et extraction -- Californie -- Placer
Gold mines and mining
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Politics and government
Placer County (Calif.)
United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1849-1877
California -- Placer County
United States
Note:
FRAGILE ORIGINALS: Use published transcript instead of originals.
Chenu, James Crosby, comp. The Letters of Charles Chase Crosby, 1863-1870. Privately printed. Sacramento, Calif. (1981).
Born in Wisconsin, July 26, 1839 to Thomas and Elvira Crosby. Charles had an elder brother, George Crosby, and a younger sister,
Cornelia. Charles was raised on a farm in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Physical Description:
print
120 items (1.25 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 89/71 cLOCAL
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
FRAGILE ORIGINALS: Use published transcript instead of originals.