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Varnum Abbott letters : from the gold fields in California to his family in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1854 February 12-1856 March 30.
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Collection Overview

Title:

Varnum Abbott letters: from the gold fields in California to his family in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1854 February 12-1856 March 30

Creator/Contributor:

Abbott, Varnum, creator, correspondent.

Abstract:

Written from the California gold mining towns of Columbia (February 12 and May 7, 1854), Sandy Bar (July 8, 1855) and Horsetown (March 30, 1856).
Summary

Date:

1854 (issued)

Subject:

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Gold mines and mining -- California
Gold miners -- California -- Correspondence
Gold miners
Gold mines and mining
California -- Gold discoveries
California -- History -- 1850-1950
Californie -- Découvertes d'or
Californie -- Histoire -- 1850-1950
California
Abbott, Varnum -- Correspondence

Note:

Varnum Abbott letters, BANC MSS 90/193 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.

Type:

History.
Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

print
4 items (12

Language:

English

Origin:

California