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Thomas Stillman correspondence : ALS, 1854-1864.
BANC MSS 2004/431 cLOCAL
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Title:

Thomas Stillman correspondence : ALS, 1854-1864

Creator/Contributor:

Stillman, Thomas., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Stillman, J. D. B. (Jacob Davis Babcock), 1819-1888

Abstract:

Contains 7 letters from Thomas Stillman's brother, Jacob Stillman, a doctor in Sacramento, Calif., discussing his medical practice, gold and silver mining in the Sierra Nevada's, Colonel Frémont and politics, including Leland Stanford, Governor of California, William Seward in the 1860 presidential elections and the possibility of the United States dividing, with an independent California. Also includes 6 letters from other family members to Thomas Stillman.

Date:

1854 (issued)

Subject:

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Physicians -- California -- Sacramento
Gold mines and mining -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Presidents -- Election -- 1860
Médecins -- Californie -- Sacramento
Or -- Mines et extraction -- Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.)
Gold mines and mining
Physicians
Politics and government
Presidents -- Election
War -- Causes
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
California -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
California -- Politics and government -- 1850-1950
Californie -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
Californie -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1850-1950
California
California -- Sacramento
United States
United States -- Sierra Nevada
Seward, William H. (William Henry) -- 1801-1872
Frémont, John Charles -- 1813-1890
Stanford, Leland -- 1824-1893
Frémont, John Charles -- 1813-1890
Seward, William H. (William Henry) -- 1801-1872
Stanford, Leland -- 1824-1893

Type:

History.

Physical Description:

print
1 folder.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 2004/431 cLOCAL

Origin:

California