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Charles Hilton letters : California, New York, and Nicaragua, to his family in Carleton, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 1850-1865.
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Charles Hilton letters: California, New York, and Nicaragua, to his family in Carleton, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 1850-1865Creator/Contributor:
Hilton, Charles., creatorAbstract:
Consists of original and typescript copies of letters written by Charles Hilton to his family in Nova Scotia. He describes
California, his activities gold mining in Barton's Bar (Yuba County) and the Yuba River, and writes about settling permanently
in California, his trip back to California via New York and Nicaragua, aboard the schooner Star of the West, with his wife
and son, and about his life in Centerville, California (near Misson San Jose). Also includes a letter from his mother, in
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Date:
1850 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caHilton, Charles -- Correspondence
Star of the West (Ship)
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Yuba County
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Yuba River
Voyages to the Pacific coast -- Personal narratives
Nicaragua -- Description and travel
New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel
Mission San Jose (Fremont, Calif.)
Fremont (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Note:
Collection number BANC MSS 95/122 c was consolidated into BANC MSS 97/99 c during the course of processing.
Charles Hilton letters, BANC MSS 97/99 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Charles Hilton came to the California gold mines in 1850 from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, via Panama. In 1855 he returned to California,
via Nicaragua, with his wife Mary and son Charley, to settle in Centerville, California.
In English.
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English