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Nicholas Dawson papers, [ca. 1839-1901]
BANC MSS C-B 812LOCAL
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Title:
Nicholas Dawson papers, [ca. 1839-1901]Creator/Contributor:
Dawson, Nicholas, 1819-1903, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Bidwell, Annie E. Kennedy., Correspondent.Abstract:
Notebook kept on journey to California in the Bartleson party, 1841, with observations also of California in 1842; diary of
second journey in 1849; manuscript and printer's copy of reminiscences, California in 1841, Texas in 1851, published in 1901,
with descriptions of journeys to California and Texas; correspondence including letters from Mr. and Mrs. John Bidwell.
Included also: Biography of Nicholas Dawson by his daughter, Nancy E. Dawson; Dawson family genealogy; some papers of his
father, George Dawson.
Date:
1839 (issued)Subject:
Dawson familyOverland journeys to the Pacific -- Personal narratives
Gold mines and mining -- California
Agriculture -- Texas
California -- Social life and customs
Note:
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Photographs transferred to the Portrait File of The Bancroft Library.
Type:
Biographies.Autobiographies.
Diaries.
Genealogies.
Physical Description:
1 box.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS C-B 812LOCAL