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Smith family papers : typescript, 1941-1942.
BANC MSS 72/150 cLOCAL
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Title:
Smith family papers : typescript, 1941-1942Creator/Contributor:
Smith, Charles Henry, 1855-1943, creatorAbstract:
Account of the voyage of the two brothers from Boston to California in 1849, around the Horn; description of San Francisco;
work in Pittsburg, California; founding of the town of Antioch, California; career of William Wiggin Smith as farmer, carpenter
and minister.
Genealogical material on the Smith family; copies of documents and newpaper clippings re the family, its land claims, legal
matters and the history of Antioch.
Date:
1941 (issued)Subject:
Smith, Wm. W. (William Wiggin) -- 1811-1899Smith, Joseph Horton -- 1811-1850
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Agriculture -- California
Pittsburg (Calif.)
Antioch (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Contra Costa County (Calif.)
Type:
Genealogies.Family papers.
Physical Description:
301, [261] l.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 72/150 cLOCAL