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Finley McDiarmid letters to his wife Constantia McDiarmid : Wiota, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, 1850-1851.
BANC MSS C-B 605
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Title:

Finley McDiarmid letters to his wife Constantia McDiarmid: Wiota, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, 1850-1851

Creator/Contributor:

McDiarmid, Finley, creator, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

McDiarmid, Constantia, correspondent.

Abstract:

Contains 12 letters written on McDiarmid's overland journey from Wisconsin to California, May-October 1850 and while in the goldfields. Also includes a 105-page letter written as journal to his wife while traveling to California.

Date:

1850 (issued)

Subject:

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McDiarmid, Finley -- Correspondence
McDiarmid, Constantia -- Correspondence
Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Personal narratives
Gold mines and mining -- California
Gold miners -- California -- Correspondence
Pioneers -- California -- Correspondence
California -- Gold discoveries

Note:

RESTRICTED ORIGINALS. USE MICROFILM COPY WITH CALL NUMBER BANC FILM C-B 605 : Use of original only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.
Also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM C-B 605.
Collection re-processed at folder level in 2006.
Finley McDiarmid letters to his wife Constantia McDiarmid, BANC MSS C-B 605, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Gift; of Mrs. Bamie S. Reynolds; 1956.
In English.
Letters to my wife / Finley McDiarmid. Fairfield, Wash. : Ye Galleon Press, 1997.

Type:

biography
Diaries.
Overland journals-19th century.

Physical Description:

print
1 volume.
1 microfilm reel (148 exposures) : negative (Rich. 90:7) and positive.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-B 605

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED ORIGINALS. USE MICROFILM COPY WITH CALL NUMBER BANC FILM C-B 605 : Use of original only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.