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Oscar F. and Charlotte Ann Mount Spaulding letters : to family, Napa Valley and San Francisco, Calif., 3 ALS, 1863-1932.
BANC MSS 99/340 czLOCAL
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Oscar F. and Charlotte Ann Mount Spaulding letters: to family, Napa Valley and San Francisco, Calif., 3 ALS, 1863-1932Creator/Contributor:
Spaulding, Oscar F., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Spaulding, Charlotte Ann Mount.Abstract:
Three letters, the first written July 17, 1863 by Oscar to his mother, Polly Spaulding, still in Lyndon, Vermont, regards
life in California and his decision to remain in the Napa Valley. The second written Mar. 2, 1930 by Charlotte to her granddaughter
and husband, Etta and Lawrence Saywell of Berkeley, Calif., recounts the family voyage from New York to San Francisco, Calif.
as a young girl. The third written Apr. 25, 1932 by Charlotte to Etta describes life in Napa, Calif., along with an incident
from her childhood in Oak Creek, Wisc. Also includes a partial handwritten family tree of the Spaulding and Mount families.
Date:
1863 (issued)Subject:
Saywell, Etta PrallSaywell, Lawrence
Spaulding, Polly
Spalding family
Mount family
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Napa Valley (Calif.)
Lyndon (Vt.)
Oak Creek (Wisc.)
Napa (Calif.) -- Description and travel
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Photostat transcriptions of letters included.
Oscar Spaulding and his brother, Alonzo, moved from Lyndon, Vt., to Calif. and settled in the Napa Valley. Charlotte Spaulding
moved with her family from Oak Creek, Wisc., to Calif. in May 1853. Oscar and Charlotte married in 1860.
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biographyPhysical Description:
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1 portfolio (.1 linear ft.)
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English
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BANC MSS 99/340 czLOCAL