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Lewis Lauriat letters, 1849-1857.
MANUSCRIPTSMCII : Box 25 : Folder 7
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Title:

Lewis Lauriat letters, 1849-1857

Creator/Contributor:

Lauriat, Louis Anselm, 1785 or 6-1858, creator

Abstract:

Photocopies and transcriptions of letters, most of which were written by Lauriat from California or aboard ship during his passage, between 1849 and 1857.

Date:

1849 (issued)

Subject:

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California -- History -- 1846-1850
California -- History -- 1850-1950

Note:

Lewis A. Lauriat was born on the island of Guadalupe in the French West Indies. Colonial records give his date of birth as October 13, 1785 (although his obituary following his death on October 31, 1858 gives his age as 92.) He may have been educated in France (where he was supposedly elected Professor of Chemistry at the College of Marseilles), and came to the United States in 1806. He married and subsequently worked as a gold-beater. In the mid-1830s he began a number of hot-air balloon ascents, and became recognized as one of the pioneers in this field. Lauriat voyaged around Cape Horn to California in 1849, where he worked as an assayer and as a merchant. He returned to Boston briefly but came back to California, where he died in Sacramento.
Lauriat, Lewis
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Lauriat, Rev. Nathaniel; Sedona AZ; Gift.

Physical Description:

print
Copies and transcriptions of 18 letters plus 5 checks or account statements, 8 1/2 x 14 x 1/8 in.

Language:

English

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Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.