John W. Earnest California Gold Rush and Civil War Manuscript, 1938

Summary

Creators:

Earnest, William W.

Extent:

.05 linear feet (1 folder)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

One typed manuscript (TMS), 94 pages, "The Life of John W. Earnest (1824-1913)," by his son William W. Earnest, including an account of John W. Earnest's overland trip from Illinois to the California goldfields in 1850, experiences there, return east to Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1860, and forced service in the Confederacy as a Northerner during the Civil War.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Sheila McMurray.

Physical location:

Vault

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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