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Jean-Nicolas Perlot papers, circa 1780-1900.
BANC MSS 70/120 cp; BANC MSS 70/120 cp FILM positive microfilm
Collection Overview

Title:

Jean-Nicolas Perlot papers, circa 1780-1900

Creator/Contributor:

Perlot, Jean-Nicolas, 1823-1900, creator

Abstract:

Includes letterbook describing mining in California and experiences as a gardener in Portland, Oregon, 1853-1858; letter concerning his trip from New York to Oregon via rail in 1883; letters from his brothers, one giving an account of his voyage around the Horn in 1860; passport and birth certificate; Mss. of his philosophical writings; a short [California?] Indian work list; and itinerary from Monterey to Mariposa. Also included: a small group of papers relating to the Perlot family in Luxembourg, 1662-1806.

Date:

1780 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca -- n-us-or -- s-cl---
Perlot, Jean-Nicolas -- 1823-1900 -- Archives
Perlot family
Gold mines and mining -- California
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Horticulture -- Oregon
Indians of North America -- California
Portland (Or.)
Horn, Cape (Chile)

Note:

Selected items : also available on microfilm.
Jean-Nicolas Perlot papers, BANC MSS 70/120 cp, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In French.

Type:

Passports.
Glossaries.
Family papers.

Physical Description:

print
1 portfolio (0.2 linear feet)
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 587:19) and positive.

Language:

French

Identifier:

BANC MSS 70/120 cp
BANC MSS 70/120 cp FILM positive microfilm

Origin:

California