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Orchard Gould Bristol letters : Stockton, Calif., to wife Loisania Bristol, Coventry, N.Y., 1849-1852.
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Orchard Gould Bristol letters: Stockton, Calif., to wife Loisania Bristol, Coventry, N.Y., 1849-1852Creator/Contributor:
Bristol, Orchard Gould., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Bristol, Loisania, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Bristol, Nathan, correspondent.Abstract:
Correspondence of a man traveling to the California Gold Rush, working as a gold miner, and his eventual return home to Coventry,
New York (Chenango County). Details include the difficult conditions onboard the Brig Lalla on the way to San Francisco, results
of his mining efforts in Stockton and Sonora, Calif., a bout with rheumatism, and comments on life in California. Includes
a letter to his brother Nathan Bristol, also in New York. Also includes typescripts of excerpts from the letters and the results
of a genealogical search on the Bristol family from the County of Chenango Office of History (Chenango County Museum).
Date:
1849 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-nyGold mines and mining -- California
Gold miners -- California
Voyages to the Pacific coast -- Personal narratives
Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique -- Récits personnels
Gold miners
Gold mines and mining
Voyages to the Pacific coast
California -- Gold discoveries
California -- History -- 1846-1850
California -- History -- 1850-1950
Chenango County (N.Y.)
Coventry (N.Y.)
Californie -- Découvertes d'or
Californie -- Histoire -- 1846-1850
Californie -- Histoire -- 1850-1950
California
New York (State) -- Chenango County
Lalla (Brig)
Bristol, Orchard Gould -- Correspondence
Bristol, Loisania -- Correspondence
Bristol, Nathan -- Correspondence
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Purchase; Ken Harrison Western Americana; 20101215.
In English.
Preferred citation: Orchard Gould Bristol letters : Stockton, Calif., to wife Loisania Bristol, Coventry, N.Y., BANC MSS 2010/245,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
History.Personal narratives.
Personal correspondence.
Physical Description:
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1 box (0.2 linear feet)
Language:
English