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Thomas Griffin and Alice Houghton Griffin correspondence, circa 1862-1863.
BANC MSS 2007/224
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Title:
Thomas Griffin and Alice Houghton Griffin correspondence, circa 1862-1863Creator/Contributor:
Griffin, Thomas., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Griffin, Alice Houghton.Abstract:
Letters between a couple while the husband was working in the mines near Somersville, California and the wife was back in
Australia. Also includes a family history.
Date:
1862 (issued)Subject:
Griffin familyMines and mineral resources -- California -- Contra Costa County
California -- Emigration and immigration
Australia -- Emigration and immigration
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Thomas Griffin and Alice Houghton Griffin correspondence, BANC MSS 2007/224, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Gift; of Elizabeth Girgich; in 2004.
Thomas Griffin and Alice Houghton Griffin emigrated from Ireland to Australia in the 1850's then on to California in 1862
and 1863.
In English.
Physical Description:
print
1 v. ; 36 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2007/224