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H.R. Tabor family letters : San Francisco, to Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Sleight in Sag Harbor, Long Island, 1850-1857.
BANC MSS 99/70 cLOCAL
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H.R. Tabor family letters: San Francisco, to Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Sleight in Sag Harbor, Long Island, 1850-1857Creator/Contributor:
Tabor, H. R. (Mrs. A. Jackson), creatorCreator/Contributor:
Sleight, Cornelius.Creator/Contributor:
Hempstead, John.Creator/Contributor:
Talbott, J. W.Abstract:
In seven letters to her uncle and aunt in Sag Harbor, H.R. Tabor writes of family, including cousin John Hempstead, returning
home over land vs. sea, and fires in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Marysville. She tells of attending a wedding where the
bride wore her travelling dress since her trunk had fallen into the water off the steamer, and writes of family daguerreotypes,
walking in San Francisco at night, going to lectures, church activities, and Chinese friends and their dress, languages, and
religious life. She also writes about her home, the layout of the rooms, furniture, daily routine, her husband A. Jackson
Tabor's illness and attending to his business for him ("I am quite a lawyer"). Letters to the Sleights from John Hempstead
mention mining arrangements on the Mokelumne River, hauling dirt to water, sending gold home, and a ranch in Snelling, Merced
Co. Other letters, including one from A.J. Tabor, relate to administration of Hempstead's estate after his death. Letters
from J.W. Talbott and Hempstead's partner John Ivett in Snelling to H.R. Tabor about the estate also included.
Date:
1850 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caFires -- California -- San Francisco
Fires -- California
Weddings -- California -- San Francisco
Chinese -- California -- San Francisco
Mines and mineral resources -- California -- Mokelumne River -- Maps
Gold mines and mining -- California
Administration of estates -- California
Women pioneers -- California
Incendies -- Californie -- San Francisco
Noces -- Californie -- San Francisco
Chinois -- Californie -- San Francisco
Administration successorale -- Californie
Pionnières -- Californie
Administration of estates
Chinese
Fires
Gold mines and mining
Manners and customs
Mines and mineral resources
Weddings
Women pioneers
Families -- California
Sag Harbor (N.Y.)
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Religious life and customs
Snelling (Calif.)
California
California -- Mokelumne River
California -- San Francisco
New York (State) -- Sag Harbor
Hempstead, John
Tabor, A. J. (A. Jackson)
Ivett, John
Note:
Received with letters of Sag Harbor native Richard Dering (BANC MSS 99/59 c).
Type:
Maps.Physical Description:
print
1 portfolio (.1 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 99/70 cLOCAL