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Harry Wertz steamboat runner letters, 1852-1856.
MANUSCRIPTSMCII : Box 28 : Folder 20
Collection Overview

Title:

Harry Wertz steamboat runner letters, 1852-1856
Wertz letters

Creator/Contributor:

Wertz, Harry., creator

Abstract:

Six letters written by Harry Wertz in California to his sister Mary E. Wertz in Dalton, Ohio, along with an envelope and a poem titled "My Ohio Home." In these letters Wertz writes about which former Ohio residents he has seen, which steamboat he is working aboard, and his desire to return home, asks about the people back home, and apologizes for not having written sooner.

Date:

1852 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Wertz, Mary E
California -- History -- 1850-1950
Steam-navigation -- California -- Sacramento River

Note:

Harry Wertz left Ohio in about 1848 and came to California sometime before 1852, where he worked as a steamboat runner when employed.
Wertz letters.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.

Physical Description:

print
7 letters and 1 envelope in file folder; 15 x 9 1/2 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.