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Gove family papers, 1849-1862.
BANC MSS C-F 177 FILM
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Title:
Gove family papers, 1849-1862Creator/Contributor:
Gove, Enoch., Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Gove, Amos.Creator/Contributor:
Phelps, C. B., Correspondent.Abstract:
Include three letters, Mar.-Nov. 1849, from Enoch Gove, Boston merchant, to his brother, Amos, and C.B. Phelps, in California,
members of the Boston and California Mining and Trading Co., reporting on excitement in Boston re gold finds and giving advice;
letter, Nov. 3, 1855, written to Enoch Gove from friend in Honolulu on business matters; log of voyage from Boston to California
on the Edward Everett, Jan.-Apr. 1849, with list of passengers, giving occupation, residence, birth place and age, and return
to Boston on the Mary Anna, Dec.-[Feb.] 1850, [kept by Amos Gove?]; Amos Gove's sketchbook with California mining scenes et
al; and letter from unidentified correspondent to editor of the Independent, Feb. 21, 1862, describing trip of steamer Fanny
Ann of San Francisco up the Mokelumne River.
Date:
1849 (issued)Subject:
Edward Everett (Ship)Boston and California Mining and Trading Company.
Mary Anna (Ship)
Fanny Ann (Steamer)
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Gold mines and mining -- Associations, institutions, etc
Steam-navigation -- Mokelumne River
Ships
Honolulu (Hawaii)
Mokelumne River (Calif.)
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Positive and negative mfm.
Originals in: family possession.
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the family.
Type:
Sketches.Ships' logs.
Physical Description:
microfilm
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 95:3) and positive.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS C-F 177 FILM
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the family.