Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Seth H. Tyson Letters,
- Dates:
- 1853, 1855
- Creators:
- Tyson (Seth H.)
- Extent:
- .05 linear feet (1 folder)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
Seth H. Tyson Letters. Wyles SC 253. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains six letters (ALS) from Seth H. Tyson, a young man from Philadelphia, mostly to his mother, concerning his California Gold Rush experiences in Calaveras County, 1853, 1855. Early 1853 letters talk about working in San Francisco and on farms, but later ones mainly concern Tyson's prospecting ups and downs, the hard work, problems with lack of water in the rivers, difficult financial dealings, and general uncertainty of life in the gold fields.
The collection also includes typescript transcriptions of the letters.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase.
- Physical location:
- Vault
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2003
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 31 October 2003 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
-
Seth H. Tyson Letters. Wyles SC 253. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062