Brown Family Papers

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Summary

Title:
Brown Family Papers
Creators:
Brown Family
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Brown Family Papers, California State Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, financial papers, legal papers, business cards, invitation.

Biographical / historical:

J.W.L. Brown of Marietta, Ohio came to California in 1852 with his sons James, John and Will to join his brother Frank, already in Sonoma. He mined in Tuolumne County until 1855 when he returned to Ohio without striking it rich in the California Gold Rush. He continued to correspond with his brother and sons who stayed on in California.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by The California State Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Brooke Dykman Dockter
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Unrestricted.

Terms of access:

Please credit California State Library.

Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Brown Family Papers, California State Library.

Location of this collection:
900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
Contact:
(916) 654-0176
cslcal@library.ca.gov
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