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Wheeler family correspondence : ALS, 1850-1877.
BANC MSS 2004/126 cLOCAL
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Title:
Wheeler family correspondence : ALS, 1850-1877Creator/Contributor:
Wheeler family., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Wheeler, Allison.Creator/Contributor:
Wheeler, Alfred, 1822-1903Creator/Contributor:
Chapman, Caroline Garner.Abstract:
Contains 15 letters by Allison Wheeler and 5 letters by Alfred Wheeler, from San Francisco, Calif., back east to New York,
many to their sister Caroline Garner Chapman. The letters concern Allison's travel to Calif. by ship, life in Calif. including
Alfred's ranch, money, politics, and family matters. Also includes a couple of letters from Caroline Garner Chapman's children
to their mother on a visit west to Calif. in 1877.
Date:
1850 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caVoyages to the Pacific coast
Ranching -- California
Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique
Ranching -- Californie
Politics and government
Ranching
Travel
Voyages to the Pacific coast
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
California -- Politics and government -- 1850-1950
Californie -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1850-1950
California
California -- San Francisco
Wheeler, Allison -- Correspondence
Wheeler, Alfred -- 1822-1903 -- Correspondence
Wheeler, Alfred -- 1822-1903 -- Portraits
Wheeler family -- Correspondence
Wheeler, Alfred -- 1822-1903
Wheeler family
Note:
Includes 2 black and white photographs of Alfred Wheeler ca. 1850 and 1865.
Alfred Wheeler, a native of New York, came to San Francisco, Calif. around 1849. He was a member of the first Calif. State
Legislature, a U.S. attorney and author of "Land titles in San Francisco" (1852). Allison Wheeler, Alfred's brother, arrived
in San Francisco in 1855.
Type:
History.Portraits.
Personal correspondence.
Photographs.
Physical Description:
print
1 v. ; 32 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2004/126 cLOCAL