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Wyles SC 253
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Title: Seth H. Tyson Letters,
Date (inclusive): 1853, 1855
Collection Number: Wyles SC 253
Creator:
Tyson (Seth H.)
Extent:
.05 linear feet
(1 folder)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Vault
Language:
English.
None.
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.
Seth H. Tyson Letters. Wyles SC 253. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
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Scope and Content of Collection
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.