California, Northern -- Description and travel
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Francis Trowbridge Sherman Papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Case-MS-5282
Abstract
Correspondence of Francis Trowbridge Sherman of Chicago, and his traveling companion, Henry A. Ballentine, documenting their travel overland to the California gold fields and experiences there, 1849-1850. Also photocopies of a few of Sherman's (colonel 88th Illinois Infantry) letters regarding the Civil War and his Chicago business, business and family correspondence of father F.C. Sherman, family records, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1849-1894
Henry Perry letters
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-709
Abstract
Letters (Jan. 24, 1849-May 28, 1850) written from New York City, Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, San Francisco, and Sacramento by Henry Perry to his Bridgeport family (parents Mr. and Mrs. David Perry, sister Emmeline, and brothers Alf, Tom, and Frederick), regarding his experiences en route to San Francisco, his return voyage from Hawaii, and economic and living conditions in gold rush San Francisco and Sacramento. Of particular interest are accounts of robberies in Sacramento, and pen drawings...
Dates:
1849-1850