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Rufus Brown papers : ALS with typescript copies, 1852.
BANC MSS 72/46 cLOCAL
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Title:
Rufus Brown papers : ALS with typescript copies, 1852Creator/Contributor:
Brown, Rufus, 1811-1882, creatorAbstract:
The letters, written to his wife in Detroit, Michigan, describe his voyage from New York to California via Panama, with a
stop in Los Angeles, and his stay in San Francisco to test a magnetic device for separating gold from the sand at Gold Bluff
(Feb.-Sept. 1852). The diary records his return voyage via Nicaragua, with description of stop at Acapulco (Oct. 15-Nov. 8,
1852). Photograph of Brown included also.
Date:
1852 (issued)Subject:
Voyages to the Pacific coastGold mines and mining -- California
Panama
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Description and travel
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Acapulco (Mexico) -- Description and travel
Note:
Photograph transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Type:
Diaries.Photographs.
Physical Description:
29 items.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 72/46 cLOCAL