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Whitcomb family papers, 1851-1877.
BANC MSS C-B 823LOCAL
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Title:
Whitcomb family papers, 1851-1877Creator/Contributor:
Whitcomb, Clement Godfrey., Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Whitcomb, Byron., Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Whitcomb, J. Baker., Correspondent.Abstract:
Letters, mainly from the Whitcomb brothers - Clement Godfrey, Byron and J. Baker - to family in the East. Includes description
of Panama in 1851; life in mining communities of Yuba Co.; mines and water ditches; stage coach robbery by Tom Bell, 1856;
Civil War, 1861. A few letters written from Auburn, Oregon in 1862.
Date:
1851 (issued)Subject:
Hodges, Thomas JGold mines and mining -- California
Brigands and robbers
Yuba County (Calif.)
Panama -- Description and travel
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Note:
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Type:
Family papers.Physical Description:
1 box.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS C-B 823LOCAL