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Recollections of Mary A. Jones : Alamo, Contra Costa County : typescript, [ca. 1915].
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Recollections of Mary A. Jones: Alamo, Contra Costa County : typescript, [ca. 1915]Creator/Contributor:
Jones, Mary Ann Smith, 1825-1918, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Jones, Flora M., CorrespondentAbstract:
Recollections of Mrs. John M. Jones of overland journey to California, 1846 with the Brown-Allen-Jones party; winter at the
Chiles ranch; stay in San Jose; as settlers at Alamo (typescript).
Extract from the life story of Mary A. Jones ... typed copy of excerpt from her Recollections, concerning the Chiles adobe
and sojourn there, 1846-1847, and copy of letter, 1935, from Flora M. Jones to Mrs. Bell, concerning visit. Folder 3 contains
sample of bolting cloth used in Chiles' Mill.
Date:
1915 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caOverland journeys to the Pacific
Donner Party
Building, Adobe
Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Women's narratives
Women -- California
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique
Groupe Donner
Construction en adobe
Women
Building, Adobe
Donner Party
Overland journeys to the Pacific
San Jose (Calif.)
Alamo (Calif.)
California
California -- Alamo
California -- San Jose
Brown-Allen-Jones Party.
Chiles Adobe.
Jones, John M
Jones, Nathaniel
Brown, Elam -- 1797-1889
Allen, David
Chiles, Joseph Ballinger -- 1810-1885
Jones, John M
Note:
Folder 1 also available on microfilm.
Portraits have been transferred to the Portrait File of the Bancroft Library.
Copy negatives of Chiles' Mill and adobe have been removed to the Pictorial Collections and classified as BANC PIC 1905.14572-14575--CNEG.
Type:
Artifacts.Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
3 folders in 2 portfolios
1 microfilm reel : negative (Box 697:11) and positive ; 35 mm
Language:
English