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Letters to Tom at sea : from mother and sister, San Francisco, Calif., 1866.
BANC MSS 2006/28LOCAL
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Letters to Tom at sea: from mother and sister, San Francisco, Calif., 1866Abstract:
Contains 5 letters to a seaman from his family while he is at sea and inaccessible and not writing. Mentioned is Captain Scammon,
famous for decimating the gray whale population in Magdalena Bay, Baja; "Cork the Clown" attempt of a tight-rope walk from
Cliff House to Sea Rock; and general news from San Francisco.
Date:
1866 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caScammon, Charles Melville -- 1825-1911
Cliff House (San Francisco, Calif.) -- History
Sailors -- California -- San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
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Letters to Tom at sea: from mother and sister, San Francisco, Calif., BANC MSS 2006/28, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
In English.
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1 folder.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2006/28LOCAL