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Charles W. Nyström letters : San Francisco, California, 1854-1880.
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Charles W. Nyström letters: San Francisco, California, 1854-1880Creator/Contributor:
Nyström, Charles W., creator, correspondent.Abstract:
Contains five letters from Charles W. Nyström to family members. Three letters are addressed to his aunt (10 pages) and two
are addressed to his sister, Emilie (8 pages). Details include lumber prices in 1854, "Cable Comet" celebrations in 1858,
the Civil War in California, smallpox vaccination, Native American uprisings, Vigilance Committee activities in 1856, the
telegraph, and descriptions of San Francisco. One of the letters to his aunt, dated July 4, 1856, contains an account of Nyström's
experience as a member of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee following the stabbing of a member of the Vigilance police
by David S. Terry.
Date:
1854 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caVigilance committees -- California -- San Francisco
Lumber trade -- California -- History
Comets -- 1858
Smallpox -- Vaccination -- History -- 19th century
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1862-1865
Telegraph -- California -- San Francisco
Bois -- Commerce -- Californie -- Histoire
Variole -- Vaccination -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Peuples autochtones -- Guerres -- États-Unis -- 1862-1865
Comets
Indians of North America -- Wars
Lumber trade
Smallpox -- Vaccination
Telegraph
Travel
Vigilance committees
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
California -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Californie -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
California
California -- San Francisco
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856
Nyström, Charles W -- Correspondence
Terry, David S. (David Smith) -- 1823-1889
Terry, David S. (David Smith) -- 1823-1889
Note:
Includes typescript transcriptions for letters of July 4, 1856 and April 24, 1862.
Selected letters: From the Robert B. Honeyman Collection.
Preferred citation: Charles W. Nyström letters : San Francisco, California, BANC MSS C-B 950, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
History.Personal correspondence.
Physical Description:
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Language:
English