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Title: Henry B. Atkins Letters, 1901
Dates: 1901-1901
Collection Size:
1 folder
Repository: The
Society of California Pioneers.
San Francisco, California 94107-1272
Abstract: A letter from Henry B. Atkins to members of the Society of California Pioneers in answer to a request for the story of his
overland journey to California in 1849.
Physical location: Stored on-site at the Society of California Pioneers
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open by appointment for research.
Property rights reside with The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to reproduce or publish must be
submitted in writing to the Librarian.
Henry B. Atkins Letters, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers.
Biography / Administrative History
Henry Blatchford Atkins was born in New York City on August 25th 1816. He arrived in San Francisco in 1849 after a difficult
six-month journey from the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Atkins died in 1901.
| 1901/1901 | Henry B. Atkins Letters, 1901 |
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes original, handwritten letter, as well as a photocopy of the letter, which provides some details about Mr. Atkins
six-month journey overland in 1849 from the Gulf of Mexico through the Colorado Desert to San Francisco and then to Sacramento
in California.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Atkins, Henry Blatchford (1816 - 1901)
Pioneers -- California -- Biography
Overland journeys to the Pacific
California -- Biography
California, Northern