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Benjamin Cowell papers, 1849-1851.
BANC MSS 76/127 cLOCAL
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Title:
Benjamin Cowell papers, 1849-1851Creator/Contributor:
Cowell, Benjamin, 1818-1873, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Cowell, Benjamin, IIICreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
Copies of letters written by him, including one from New York, 1849, prior to his departure for California, describing the
steamer Crescent City and encounters with miners returning from California, and one, May 1851, re the San Francisco fire and
his work for the store, Cooke, Baker & Co.; letter from Abraham W. Harris, July 4, 1851, re mining near Downieville; receipts
from Cooke, Baker & Co. for gold dust and from Adams & Co.; portion of Cowell family history by Benjamin Cowell III, relating
to his father's voyage to San Francisco via Panama and Acapulco.
Date:
1849 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caFires -- California -- San Francisco
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Gold mines and mining -- California
Ships
Ships
Incendies -- Californie -- San Francisco
Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique
Navires
ships
Commerce
Fires
Gold mines and mining
Ships
Travel
Voyages to the Pacific coast
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Commerce
Acapulo (Mexico) -- Description and travel
California
California -- San Francisco
Crescent City (Steamer)
Cooke, Baker & Company (San Francisco, California)
Adams Express Company.
Adams Express Company.
Harris, Abraham W
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Also available in digital format: accessible through Online Archive of California.
Originals in private possession.
Type:
Genealogies.Physical Description:
1 portfolio
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 76/127 cLOCAL