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Varley Bedford correspondence, 1848-1871.
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Title:
Varley Bedford correspondence, 1848-1871Creator/Contributor:
Bedford, Varley, 1826-1871, creator, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Bedford, Richard, 1812-1884, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Condo, Richard, correspondent.Abstract:
Contains eight handwritten letters concerning Varley Bedford, a surveyor from Pennsylvania, who eventually relocated to California
to search for gold. They include correspondence with his brother, Rev. R. [Richard] Bedford in Vermont, and to his mother.
The letters are addressed from Pennsylvania, Vermont, and California. Two of the letters are from John Condo in El Dorado,
California, a friend of Varley Bedford, addressed to Richard Bedford concerning the sickness and death of Varley and the disposition
of his remaining goods and wealth.
Date:
1848 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caBedford, Varley -- 1826-1871 -- Correspondence
Bedford, Richard -- 1812-1884 -- Correspondence
Condo, Richard -- Correspondence
Gold miners -- California
Gold mines and mining -- California
California -- Gold discoveries
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Varley Bedford correspondence, 1848-1871., BANC MSS 2013/122, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
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1 box (0.2 linear feet)
Language:
English