C. H. Bucknam Letter, October 18, 1868

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Summary

Creators:
Bucknam, C. H.
Abstract:
Letter from C. H. Bucknam in Sacramento, California to his mother.
Extent:
1 item
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], C. H. Bucknam Letter, MC305, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

Letter from C. H. Bucknam in Sacramento, California to his mother, dated to October 18th, 1868. The letter starts with pleasantries and then Bucknam writes, "I left the mountains two weeks ago come tomorrow. The work got to be most to[sic] dangerous for me. For the last Sunday that I stayed there they killed two men…It was a sad sight to see the old man carried over across the river in a cart and a few Drunken men following on after him he was about sixty years old and had no friends that they could find I would not work that Sunday perhaps if I had shown(?) [I would] have been served the same." He then goes on to speak about seeing Capt. Johnson and Capt. James Humphery. He also saw a Mr. Chamberlin Mill(?) on his first trip as purser of the new Steamer Santa Cruz. He speaks of not having money to take the last steamer home, and then how he "should go back this boat but I am afraid the small pox might break out on board and it would be bad in hot weather." The SS Santa Cruz, mentioned in Bucknam's letter, was in use from 1868 to 1924 and was a 133-foot wood-hulled passenger cargo steamer built in San Francisco. The steamer Santa Cruz was owned by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company from 1876-1911, and the Puget Sound Salvage Company from 1911-1924 (Marla Daily, Islapedia Online).

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Acquisition information:
Purchased from Back of Beyond Books, 2020.
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Physical location:
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Physical facet:
4 pages. Letter has mailing folds. Light soiling, else very good. Fairly legible script.
Dimensions:
8 x 5 inches
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], C. H. Bucknam Letter, MC305, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
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