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DeWitt Clinton Gaskill letters, 1846-1856.
BANC MSS C-B 565LOCAL
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Title:
DeWitt Clinton Gaskill letters, 1846-1856Creator/Contributor:
Gaskill, DeWitt Clinton, 1824-1910, creatorAbstract:
Letters relating to Gaskill's voyage to California via Panama in 1849 and experiences as a miner; and to mercantile activities
at Forbestown, with comments on business conditions, prices of goods, profits, etc.
Date:
1846 (issued)Subject:
Voyages to the Pacific coastGold mines and mining -- California
Panama, Isthmus of (Panama)
Forbestown (Calif.)
California -- Commerce
Note:
1 ambrotype of the National Hotel, Forbestown, has been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC
PIC 1905.10710--CASE)
Physical Description:
1 portfolio and 1 oversize folder.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS C-B 565LOCAL