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David Brown papers, 1853-1887.
BANC MSS C-I 89LOCAL
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Title:

David Brown papers, 1853-1887

Creator/Contributor:

Brown, David., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Colored American Joint Stock Quartz Mining Company

Abstract:

Includes letter, 1887, mentioning Chinese in Downieville, California and current prices for goods there; deeds for mining claims and other property in the vicinity of Downieville; papers of the Colored American Joint Stock Quartz Mining Company relating to delinquent assessments, 1866; miscellaneous bills and receipts.

Date:

1853 (issued)

Subject:

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Land tenure -- California -- Sierra County
Gold mines and mining -- California
Chinese -- California
Chinois -- Californie
Chinese
Gold mines and mining
Land tenure
Sierra County (Calif.)
Downieville (Calif.)
California
California -- Downieville
California -- Sierra County

Note:

Assembled from various sources; some from the Honeyman and Edwin Grabhorn Collections.

Type:

Deeds.

Physical Description:

print
1 portfolio

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-I 89LOCAL

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined