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California Gold Rush Correspondence Collection
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: California Gold Rush Correspondence Collection
Creator:
Drew, M.W.
Creator:
Holden, William
Creator:
Ladd, C.K.
Creator:
Scott, Thomas
Identifier/Call Number: SC.GRC
Extent:
0.21 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1853-1863
Abstract: Letters discussing business and travel
in California during the gold rush from various goldminers to family and friends written
between 1853 and 1863.
Language of Material: English
The
California Gold Rush Correspondence Collection includes
letters discussing business and travel in California during the gold rush from various
goldminers to family and friends written between 1853 and 1863. The collection includes
letters sent to Boston, Massachusetts, Redwing, Minnesota, Fort Fairfield, Maine, and
Ottwumwa, Ohio, as well as several locations in California.
Related Material
This collection is part of the
California Collection.
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
1999
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Cohasco, Inc. Purchased, 1997.
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