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Joseph Pownall family papers, 1857-1905 (bulk 1876-1895).
BANC MSS 70/149 cLOCALBANC MSS C-B 682 [no longer in use]LOCAL
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Collection Overview

Title:

Joseph Pownall family papers, 1857-1905 (bulk 1876-1895)
Pownall family papers

Creator/Contributor:

Pownall family., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Pownall, Joseph, 1818-1890

Creator/Contributor:

Pownall, Mary C. (Mrs. Joseph Pownall)

Creator/Contributor:

Bensley, John, 1812-, Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Benchley, Leonidas B., Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Waterman, F. H., Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Senger, Lucy Pownall., Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Pownall, Joseph Benjamin, 1858-, Correspondent.

Abstract:

Contains correspondence, receipts and biographical information. Correspondence is primarily between Joseph Pownall and his wife Mary C. Pownall with their children Joseph B. Pownall (Benny) and Lucy Pownall Senger (Daisy). Correspondence also includes letters from Leonidas B. Benchley, John Bensley and F.H. Waterman, relating to the Tuolumne County Water Company.

Date:

1876 (issued)

Subject:

Pownall family -- Archives
Tuolumne County Water Company.
Women -- California
Columbia (Calif.) -- History
Tuolumne County (Calif.) -- History

Note:

Collection number BANC MSS C-B 682 was consolidated into BANC MSS 70/149 c during the course of processing.
Joseph Pownall family papers, BANC MSS 70/149, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Related collection: Papers of Joseph Pownall, 1840-1926, located at the Huntington Library.
Joseph Pownall, from Hackettstown County, New Jersey, was trained as a physician in New York City. After living in several locations in the southeast U.S., he traveled overland to California in 1849 to search for gold. In 1852 he aquired an interest in the Tuolumne Water Company. In 1857 he married Mary C. Newell and they had two children: Jospeh B. (Benny) and Lucy A. H. (Daisy).
In English.

Type:

Family papers.

Physical Description:

print
1 box (.2 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 70/149 cLOCAL
BANC MSS C-B 682 [no longer in use]LOCAL

Origin:

California