Collection  |  Manuscript/Mixed Material California Gold Rush collection,

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Title
California Gold Rush collection,
Summary
Correspondence, travel journal, and typescripts of notes by various individuals who participated in the California Gold Rush. Correspondence chiefly of miners and individuals working in mining camps to family members and friends documenting their experiences. Subjects include the hardships of mining, methods of mining, homesickness, and impressions of mining camps and cities. California towns and camps represented are Downieville, Foster's Bar, Georgetown, Log City, Mariposa, Nevada City, Placerville, Rose's Bar, Rough and Ready, and Sacramento. Also features Saint Joseph, Mo., the starting point for many miners. Includes a letter (1852 February 5) by Ogden Ellery Edwards accompanied by a lithograph illustrating mining techniques and life in mining camps and typescripts of his anecdotes, circa 1900, about his experiences in California. Correspondence also concerns women's rights, California politics, and the Mariposa Indian War. Also includes a journal of Lyman P. Wason, kept while sailing around Cape Horn, Chile, to San Francisco in 1849 and while mining for gold in at the Georgetown mining camp in El Dorado County, Calif., 1850-1852.
Contributor Names
Wason, Lyman P.
Subject Headings
-  Edwards, Ogden Ellery--Correspondence
-  Gold mines and mining--California
-  Gold miners--Correspondence
-  Indians of North America--Wars--California
-  Mines and mineral resources--California
-  Mining camps--California
-  Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865
-  Voyages and travels
-  Voyages to the Pacific coast
-  Women's rights
-  California--Description and travel
-  California--Discovery and exploration
-  California--Gold discoveries
-  California--History--19th century
-  California--Politics and government--19th century
-  California--Social life and customs--19th century
-  Downieville (Calif.)--Description and travel
-  El Dorado County (Calif.)--Description and travel
-  Georgetown (Calif.)--Description and travel
-  Horn, Cape (Chile)--Description and travel
-  Mariposa (Calif.)--Description and travel
-  Nevada City (Calif.)--Description and travel
-  Placerville (Calif.)--Description and travel
-  Sacramento (Calif.)--Description and travel
-  Saint Joseph (Mo.)--Description and travel
-  San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel
-  Foster's Bar (Calif.)--Description and travel
-  Log City (Calif.)--Description and travel
-  Rose's Bar (Calif.)--Description and travel
-  Rough and Ready (Calif.)--Description and travel
Notes
-  Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein alphabetically by name of person.
-  Purchase, 2011.
-  Collection material in English.
-  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms015023
Medium
30 items.
1 container.
0.2 linear feet.
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms015023
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms015023.3
Library of Congress Control Number
mm2011085598
Access Advisory
Open to research.
Language
English
Description
Correspondence, travel journal, and typescripts of notes by various individuals who participated in the California Gold Rush. Correspondence chiefly of miners and individuals working in mining camps to family members and friends documenting their experiences. Subjects include the hardships of mining, methods of mining, homesickness, and impressions of mining camps and cities. California towns and camps represented are Downieville, Foster's Bar, Georgetown, Log City, Mariposa, Nevada City, Placerville, Rose's Bar, Rough and Ready, and Sacramento. Also features Saint Joseph, Mo., the starting point for many miners. Includes a letter (1852 February 5) by Ogden Ellery Edwards accompanied by a lithograph illustrating mining techniques and life in mining camps and typescripts of his anecdotes, circa 1900, about his experiences in California. Correspondence also concerns women's rights, California politics, and the Mariposa Indian War. Also includes a journal of Lyman P. Wason, kept while sailing around Cape Horn, Chile, to San Francisco in 1849 and while mining for gold in at the Georgetown mining camp in El Dorado County, Calif., 1850-1852.
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