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Clark family papers, 1850-1865.
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Clark family papers, 1850-1865Creator/Contributor:
Clark family., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Clark, Joseph S.Creator/Contributor:
Clark, Hannah, active 19th centuryCreator/Contributor:
Clark, David, active 19th centuryCreator/Contributor:
Clark, Robert, active 19th centuryCreator/Contributor:
Dilly, L. S.Abstract:
Chiefly Civil War letters from Joseph S. Clark, 1861-1863, to his parents (15 letters and 3 fragments), 3 letters to his mother,
and 1 to his sister Hannah, along with 3 envelopes addressed to David Clark and 1 to Robert Clark, and a letter fragment from
L.S. Dilly. Includes a journal (circa 24 pages) kept by an unidentified member the family, traveling from Liverpool to New
York, April 20-May 15, 1850. The journal describes wind and rain at beginning and end of the trip, in between calm sailing,
but poor food, during which [Joseph S.] Clark, or possibly his father, performs work for the sailors, comments on sailors,
children, and other passegers and passing ships. Also includes a small group of ephemera and other fragments.
Date:
1850 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Voyages and travels -- 19th century -- Personal narratives
Voyages -- 19e siècle -- Récits personnels
Voyages and travels
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Récits personnels
United States
Clark family -- Archives
Clark family
Note:
Gift; Of Roberta Tracy; March 1996.
In English.
Preferred citation: Clark family papers, BANC MSS 99/97 z, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
family papers.Archives.
History.
Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Physical Description:
print
1 box (.2 linear ft.)
Language:
English