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Ezra Gregg letters : ALS : to the Towns, 1856-1863.
BANC MSS 89/13 cLOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Ezra Gregg letters : ALS: to the Towns, 1856-1863

Creator/Contributor:

Gregg, Ezra., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Pottle, A. E.

Creator/Contributor:

Gregg, William, -1861

Abstract:

3 letters from Ezra Gregg and 2 from his brother William, to their sister and brother-in-law (Luke and Lucy Ann Town, Stowe, Vermont), concerning their life in California and their activities in the mines; 1 letter from A.E Pottle (June 1 1861) on Ezra's behalf, informing the Towns of William 's death as the result of a mining accident. Letters written from Indian Hill (near Camptonville) and Downieville. Ezra Gregg letter of May 9, 1863 makes reference to Chinese residents of Downieville.

Date:

1856 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Chinese -- California
Chinois -- Californie
Chinese
Downieville (Calif.)
California
California -- Downieville

Note:

Includes some original covers.
Photograph transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1987.071--PIC).

Physical Description:

6 items

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 89/13 cLOCAL

Origin:

California