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Clara Harkness letters : San Francisco, Calif. to sister and cousin, 1864-1865.
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Title:

Clara Harkness letters: San Francisco, Calif. to sister and cousin, 1864-1865

Creator/Contributor:

Harkness, Clara, creator, correspondent.

Abstract:

Three letters (April 11, 1864 ; June 2, 1864 ; Oct. 17, 1865) generally describing life in the San Francisco Bay Area, California including brief accounts of recent earthquakes Harkness has experienced.

Date:

1864 (issued)

Subject:

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Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- Personal narratives
Tremblements de terre -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Récits personnels
Earthquakes
Manners and customs
California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Californie -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 19e siècle
California
California -- San Francisco
Harkness, Clara -- Correspondence

Note:

Purchase; Ken Harrison Western Americana; 2010913.
In English.
Preferred citation: Clara Harkness letters : San Francisco, Calif. to sister and cousin, 1864-1865., BANC MSS 2011/18, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

Personal narratives.
Personal correspondence.
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.

Physical Description:

print
12 p.

Language:

English

Origin:

California