George Lundy Hunt Papers mssHuntg
Suzanne Oatey
The Huntington Library
May 2020
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
reference@huntington.org
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: George Lundy Hunt papers
Creator:
Hunt, George Lundy
Identifier/Call Number: mssHuntg
Physical Description:
3.51 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1864-1877
Abstract: A collection of correspondence related
to the life of miner and rancher George Lundy Hunt and his mining experiences in British
Columbia, Canada, and Calaveras County, California, 1864-1877.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. George Lundy Hunt papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Aurora Hunt, May 1938.
Biographical / Historical
George Lundy Hunt (1841-1922), miner and farmer, was born in Ontario, Canada, and went to
San Francisco, California in 1862. In 1865, he went to the Cariboo Mining District of
British Columbia, staying until the fall of 1866. He then went to Campo Seco, Calaveras
County, California, where he was active in the mines from 1866-1872. He married Margaret
Gillon in 1871, in Calaveras, California. In 1872, they moved to Elk Grove, California,
where Hunt worked as a farmer and he and Margaret had several children. In 1902, they moved
to Florin, California, where Hunt was the manager of the Florin Fruit Growers Association,
1902-1912. He died in San Fernando, California, in 1922.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists chiefly of letters to George Lundy Hunt from family and friends,
with a few business letters, dating from 1864-1877. Subject matter includes life in Ontario,
Canada, and in Victoria, British Columbia; history of the Cariboo Mining District of British
Columbia; gold and copper mining in Calaveras County, California; and the Fenian Invasions
of Canada from 1866-1870. Also included is Hunt's diary for the year 1867, when he was in
the mining town of Campo Seco, California, and a few pieces of manuscript fragments, legal
documents, and ephemera.
Processing Information
Processed by Huntington Library staff, 2002. In 2020, Suzanne Oatey created a finding aid
derived from a legacy summary report.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent's last name. Manuscript fragments, legal
documents, and ephemera placed at the end.
General
Formerly call number: mssHunt papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gold mines and mining -- British Columbia -- History --
Sources
Mines and mineral resources -- California -- Calaveras County --
History -- Sources
Miners -- Canada -- Correspondence
Miners -- California -- Archives
Ranchers -- California -- Archives
Calaveras County (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Canada -- History -- Fenian Invasions,
1866-1870
Cariboo Regional District (B.C.) -- History -- 19th century --
Sources
Ontario -- Social life and customs
Victoria (B.C.) -- Social life and customs
Diaries -- California -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- British Columbia -- 19th
century
Hunt, George Lundy
Box 1, Folder 1
H. S. Anderson. To George Lundy Hunt
1872 August 16
Scope and Contents
Elk Grove, California
Box 1, Folder 2-3
Nancy Bache. To George Lundy Hunt
1866; 1870
Scope and Contents
Newmarket, Ontario
Box 1, Folder 4
Edward Cadwalader. To George Lundy Hunt
1876 September 21
Scope and Contents
Sacramento, California
Box 1, Folder 5
Cane City Gold Mining Co.
1866-1867
Scope and Contents
Minutes of meetings. Campo Seco, California
Box 1, Folder 6-7
N. Chilson. To George Lundy Hunt
1876 August
Scope and Contents
Verdi, Nevada
Box 1, Folder 8
N. S. C. Clowes. To Margaret Hunt
undated
Box 1, Folder 9-10
D. Cooper & Co. To George Lundy Hunt
1876
Scope and Contents
Sacramento, California
Box 1, Folder 11
Effie Foulks. To George Lundy Hunt
1875 September 10
Scope and Contents
Gilroy, California
Box 1, Folder 12-22
George W. Foulks. To George Lundy Hunt
1874-1876
Scope and Contents
Verdi, Nevada
Box 1, Folder 23-24
John P. Foulks. To George Lundy Hunt
1876
Scope and Contents
Verdi, Nevada
Box 1, Folder 25-27
Thomas Fowlis. To George Lundy Hunt
1867-1868
Scope and Contents
Victoria, British Columbia
Box 1, Folder 28
Robert Freeborn. To George Lundy Hunt
1866 December 28
Scope and Contents
Portland, Oregon
Box 1, Folder 29
Eliza Gillon. To "Dear Brother & Sister"
1875 June 13
Scope and Contents
Campo Seco, California
Box 1, Folder 30-33
H. K. Cummings & Co. To George Lundy Hunt
1876
Scope and Contents
San Francisco, California
Box 1, Folder 34-36
I. J. Hartman. To George Lundy Hunt
1867; 1869
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 1, Folder 37
Frank H. Henderson. To Eliza A. Root
1873 December 9
Scope and Contents
Toronto, Ontario
Box 1, Folder 38-67
Annie E. Hunt. To George Lundy Hunt
1866-1871
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario except Feb. 25-29, 1867 from Lloydtown, Ontario.
Box 1, Folder 68
Annie E. Hunt. To Margaret Hunt
1871 May 7
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 1, Folder 69-70
Annie E. Hunt. To George Lundy Hunt
1871
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 1, Folder 71
Annie E. Hunt. To Margaret Hunt
1871 November 8
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 1, Folder 72
Annie E. Hunt. To Mr. & Mrs. George Lundy Hunt
1872 January 11
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 1, Folder 73
Annie E. Hunt. To George Lundy Hunt
1872 April 1
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 1, Folder 74
Annie E. Hunt. To Margaret Hunt
1872 May 10
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 1
Annie E. Hunt. To George Lundy Hunt
1872 June 30
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 2
Annie E. Hunt. To Margaret Hunt
1872 August 5-13
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 3
Annie E. Hunt. To George Lundy Hunt
1872 August 13
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 4
Annie E. Hunt. To Mr. & Mrs. George Lundy Hunt
1873 August 13
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 5-6
Annie E. Hunt. To George Lundy Hunt
1873
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 7
Annie E. Hunt. To Margaret Hunt
1874 July 26
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 8
Annie E. Hunt. To George Lundy Hunt
1874 October 13
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 9-10
Annie E. Hunt. To Mr. & Mrs. George Lundy Hunt
1875; 1876
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 11-15
Annie E. Hunt. To George Lundy Hunt
1877; undated
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 16
Annie E. Hunt. To "My Darling Niece"
undated
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 17-19
Emily Hunt. To George Lundy Hunt
1867; 1868; 1870
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 20
George Lundy Hunt. To Silvester Herbert Lundy
1864 December 18
Scope and Contents
Victoria, British Columbia
Box 2, Folder 21
George Lundy Hunt. To Jennie Hunt Ough
1865 January 8
Scope and Contents
Victoria, British Columbia
Box 2, Folder 22
George Lundy Hunt.
1867
Scope and Contents
Diary. Campo Seco, California
Box 2, Folder 23
George Lundy Hunt. To Silvester Herbert Lundy
1868 January 1
Scope and Contents
Campo Seco, California
Box 2, Folder 24
George Lundy Hunt. To H. A. Deming
1875 August 15
Scope and Contents
Elk Grove, California
Box 2, Folder 25
Joseph Hunt. To George Lundy Hunt
1868 March 16
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 26-30
Joseph and Emily Hunt. To George Lundy Hunt
1866-1874
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 31
Margaret Hunt. To George Lundy Hunt
1874 December 11
Scope and Contents
Campo Seco, California
Box 2, Folder 32
Mary Hunt. To "Dear Sister & Brother"
1874 May 4
Scope and Contents
Stockton, California
Box 2, Folder 33
Mary Hunt. To "Dear Sister, Bro, Nephews & Nieces"
1886 April 2
Scope and Contents
Stockton, California
Box 2, Folder 34
J. C. Carroll & Co. To George Lundy Hunt
1874 July 26
Scope and Contents
Sacramento, California
Box 2, Folder 35
H. D. Lundy. To George Lundy Hunt
1867 June 5
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 36-41
Silvester Herbert Lundy. To George Lundy Hunt
1868-1869; undated
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 42-43
Bernard McCann. To George Lundy Hunt
1871; undated
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 2, Folder 44-75
Margaret Hunt McCann. To George Lundy Hunt
1866-1870
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 1-12
Margaret Hunt McCann. To George Lundy Hunt
1870-1871
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 13-14
Margaret Hunt McCann. To Margaret Hunt
1871
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 15
Margaret Hunt McCann. To George Lundy Hunt
1871 July 16-27
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 16
Margaret Hunt McCann. To Margaret Hunt
1871 August 20-September 17
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 17
Margaret Hunt McCann. To George Lundy Hunt
1871 September 26-October 1
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 18-19
Margaret Hunt McCann. To Mr. & Mrs. George Lundy Hunt
1871 November 20-after 1871
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 20-24
Margaret Hunt McCann. To Margaret Hunt
1872
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 25-28
Margaret Hunt McCann. To George Lundy Hunt
1876; undated
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 29-37
Jennie Hunt Ough. To George Lundy Hunt
1866-1867
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 38
Jennie Hunt Ough. To Mr. & Mrs. George Lundy Hunt
1867 December 3
Scope and Contents
Beaverton, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 39-42
Jennie Hunt Ough. To George Lundy Hunt
1869-1871
Scope and Contents
Victoria, British Columbia; Aurora and Beaverton, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 43
Jennie Hunt Ough. To Margaret Hunt
1871 July 24
Scope and Contents
Aurora, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 44
Jennie Hunt Ough. To George Lundy Hunt
1873 March 24
Scope and Contents
Beaverton, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 45-48
Richard Jenkin Ough. To George Lundy Hunt
1867; 1871
Scope and Contents
Toronto and Beaverton, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 49-50
James Pringle. To George Lundy Hunt
1870
Scope and Contents
Markham, Ontario
Box 3, Folder 51
James Pringle. To Frank H. Henderson
1873 December 8
Box 3, Folder 52
Eliza A. Root. To Frank H. Henderson
1874 December 21
Box 3, Folder 53
G. W. Scott. To George Lundy Hunt
1876 February 27
Scope and Contents
Cache Creek, California
Box 3, Folder 54
F. H. L. Weber. To George Lundy Hunt
1876 September 13
Scope and Contents
Sacramento, California
Box 3, Folder 55-65
R. Wells. To George Lundy Hunt
1866-1868
Scope and Contents
Cedar Creek and Barkerville, British Columbia; San Francisco, California
Box 3, Folder 66
Manuscript fragments
1868-1871; undated
Physical Description: 24
Items
Box 3, Folder 67
Legal documents
1867-1872
Physical Description: 5
Items
Box 3, Folder 68
Ephemera
1871-1876; undated
Physical Description: 30
Items
