Jump to Content

Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Addison Newell correspondence, 1855-1856.
MANUSCRIPT SMCII : Box 28 : Folder 13
Collection Overview

Title:

Addison Newell correspondence, 1855-1856
Newell correspondence

Creator/Contributor:

Newell, Addison., creator

Abstract:

12 manuscript letters from Addison Newell of Sacramento, and later Pleasant Valley, California, to his brother Charles in Maine and in New York, speaking of mining, agriculture, a projected railroad project, the State Legislature, and general business conditions in California.

Date:

1855 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Newell, Charles
Sacramento Valley Railroad.
Gold mines and mining -- California
Agriculture -- California -- Sacramento County
Business -- California
California -- Politics and government -- 1850-1950

Note:

Addison Newell was born in Alna, Maine on May 8, 1812 and came to California around 1853 to mine gold. He moved to Sacramento in 1855 and raised cabbage; later that year he moved to Pleasant Valley in Mariposa County and again tried gold mining. In 1857 Newell moved to Santa Cruz, where he prospered, and died on May 3, 1892. Newell Creek in Santa Cruz County is named after him.
Newell correspondence.
Gift; George C. Gunn; Alameda, CA.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.

Type:

biography

Physical Description:

print
Letters in file folder; 14 3/4 x 9/12 x 3/8 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

MANUSCRIPT SMCII : Box 28 : Folder 13

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.