Guide to the John Paul Dart Papers, 1849-1856

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Guide to the John Paul Dart Papers, 1849-1856

California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

California History Room
California State Library
Library and Courts Building II
900 N. Street, Room 200
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, California 94237-0001
Phone: (916) 654-0176
Fax: (916) 654-8777
Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/

Processed by:: The California State Library staff
Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

Descriptive Summary

Title: John Paul Dart Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1849-1856

Box Number: 161

Creator: Dart, J. P. (John Paul), 1824-1891

Repository: California State Library

Sacramento, California

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Unrestricted.

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Please credit California State Library.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John Paul Dart Papers, California State Library.

Access Points

Dart, J. P. (John Paul), 1824-1891

Gold mines and mining--California

Tuolumne County (Calif.)--Politics and government

Pioneers--California

Contents

Letters of John Paul Dart to his brother and sister.

A card index has been made for items in this collection. Most of the letters have been published in the California Historical Society Quarterly, September 1956, pp. 205-131, as "A Mississippian in the Gold Fields."

The collection consists of typed copies of letters made by the Vicksburg and Warren County Historical Society from originals owned by Mary Davis and John Dart (nephew) of Bovina, Mississippi.

Biography

John Paul Dart came to California by ship in 1849 and worked as a miner. In 1874, he was elected county surveyor of Tuolumne County. He died in 1891.

Correspondents

Dart, J. P. (John Paul), 1824-1891

Box Box 161

Arranged in chronological order.