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Thomas Starr King letters to Henry Whitney Bellows : mss., 1858-1863.
BANC MSS 71/30 cLOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Thomas Starr King letters to Henry Whitney Bellows : mss., 1858-1863

Creator/Contributor:

King, Thomas Starr, 1824-1864, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Bellows, Henry W. (Henry Whitney), 1814-1882

Abstract:

Written from Boston and San Francisco, they relate to the building of his church in San Francisco, and to the raising of funds for the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. Letter, Jan. 1863, gives account of a Negro celebration of the freedom rescript in San Francisco.

Date:

1858 (issued)

Subject:

United States Sanitary Commission.
African Americans -- California
Unitarian Universalist churches -- California
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Note:

Photocopies.
Originals in: Massachusetts Historical Society.
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Physical Description:

1 portfolio.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 71/30 cLOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the Massachusetts Historical Society.