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Jewett, Charles, Jr. ALS, 1852 April 18 : Weaverville, (California), to his family.

Title: ALS, 1852 April 18 : Weaverville, (California), to his family.

Jewett vividly describes his life as a miner, his hopes for making money, his impressions of northern California, his living conditions and expenses. He says "the mines ... do not meet my expectation ... You have no idea of the wickedness of those ... here in the mines."

ArchivalResource: 3 p. ; 25 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16657596 View

Jewett, Charles, Mrs. ALS, 1860 December 23 : Malden, to her children.

Title: ALS, 1860 December 23 : Malden, to her children.

A mother writes to her family living far away, possibly to her son Charles who went to California during the gold rush. She says she is glad Charles is settled down into a lover of home comforts. She laments the "very unhappy state our country is in ..."

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 20 x 12.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16830055 View

Jewett, Charles, Jr. ALS, 1853 January 17 : Eureka, to his family.

Title: ALS, 1853 January 17 : Eureka, to his family.

Jewett writes about his logging operation outside Eureka, and of rafting logs to Eureka bay. He says his things from the mines in Weaverville had not yet arrived.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. ; 27 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16658964 View

Jewett, Charles, Jr. AL, 1852 November 15 : Eureka, to his family.

Title: AL, 1852 November 15 : Eureka, to his family.

Jewett reports to his family that he is working in a sawmill for wages, and that he and others are going to start their own timber operation. He writes about the fire in Sacramento.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 25 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16658272 View

Harris, Robert P. (Robert Patterson), 1822-1899. Toward an understanding of the history and development of the Caesarean section : the pioneering 19th century statistical methods of Philadelphia physician, Robert Patterson Harris (1822-1899) : an inventory of the manuscript and photographic archive of Dr. Robert Patterson Harris / Robert Patterson Harris.

Title: Toward an understanding of the history and development of the Caesarean section : the pioneering 19th century statistical methods of Philadelphia physician, Robert Patterson Harris (1822-1899) : an inventory of the manuscript and photographic archive of Dr. Robert Patterson Harris / Robert Patterson Harris.

This collection contains a case studies and comparisons of methods of Caesarean section in which Dr. Harris recorded the success and failure of methods commonly used at the time both in the United States and in Europe. It also contains correspondence with Max Saenger, a noted German gynecologist and considered the "Father of the Modern Caesarean Section"; Dr. Paul Zweifel, director of the University Obstetric Clinic of Leipzig, and a pioneer German gynecologist and physiologist; Richard Werth, a German gynecologist who delivered the Imperial Prince Henry; Franz van Winckel, a German gynecologist, obstetrician, first president of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics; Charles Jewett, professor of Obstetrics in the Long Island College Hospital; and photographs of patientsand their children delivered by Caesarean section.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes (3 cubic feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/768164576 View

Jewett, Charles, Jr. ALS, 1853 August 20 : Eureka, to his family.

Title: ALS, 1853 August 20 : Eureka, to his family.

Jewett reports, "I have desolved partnership and sold my interest in logging and cattle ... I am now in a store helping weekdays ..." He muses on his past year in California and speaks wistfully of his home and family.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 24 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16659019 View

Jewett, Charles, Jr. ALS, 1852 March 12 : Panama, to his family.

Title: ALS, 1852 March 12 : Panama, to his family.

En route to the California gold mines via Panama, a potential miner sends news home of his journey. "Came on the cars 13 miles, in the boats 300 miles to Gorgona, and walked 28 to Panama."

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 25 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16657533 View

Jewett, Charles, Jr. ALS, 1852 May 16 : Weaverville, [California], to his family.

Title: ALS, 1852 May 16 : Weaverville, [California], to his family.

Jewett describes at length his hard work as a gold miner. He and four partners had just sunk some shafts. "We shall work more than a month before we can expect anything in return ... If I can get half as much as you can put into a thimble after shoveling all day, I am well proud."

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 25 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16657812 View