Title:
William C. Thompson letter, 1850 May 20
Creator/Contributor:
Thompson, William C., creator
Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of California
Abstract:
One holograph letter signed by William C. Thompson, Captain of the Steamer "Sarah Sands", from San Simeon Bay, [California]
to the Pastor of Mission San Antonio about running out of coal and other supplies and sending three representatives, Francisco
Rice, Jorge Mellus, and Roberto Brown to Monterey and San Francisco to obtain them.
Date:
1850 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Thompson, William C -- Correspondence
Rice, Francisco
Mellus, George
Brown, Robert
Sarah Sands (Steamer)
San Antonio de Pádua (Mission) -- History
Ship captains -- Correspondence
Note:
Included in folder are two pages (p. 73-74) from To California on the Sarah Sands: Footnote Eight by Kenneth M. Johnson (California
Historical Society Quarterly, Volume XLVII, Number 1, March 1968) with the English translation of the letter.
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
In Spanish.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Cite as: [Identification of item], William C. Thompson letter. Wyles SC 247. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Type:
Letters (correspondence).
Physical Description:
1 item (1 leaf) ; 25 x 20 cm.
Language:
Spanish
Identifier:
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.