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Williams, J. Fletcher (John Fletcher), 1834-1895. J. Fletcher Williams papers, 1849-1894.

Title: J. Fletcher Williams papers, 1849-1894.

The papers consist primarily of correspondence, meeting minutes and reports, clippings, and printed materials received by Williams as secretary of the Minnesota commission for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876; and articles and notes on Minnesota history.

ArchivalResource: 0.9 cu. ft. (2 boxes, incl. 2 v.); 3 oversize items.

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Chamberlain, George F. George F. Chamberlain letters : to his father Isaac, Roxbury, Mass. 1849-1852.

Title: George F. Chamberlain letters : to his father Isaac, Roxbury, Mass. 1849-1852.

Letters from George F. Chamberlain (in Callao, San Francisco, Dry Town, Sacramento, Dry Creek, and Mokelumne Hill) to his father Isaac Chamberlain in Roxbury, Mass. describe life in California during the gold rush. Chamberlain describes the voyage around the horn as a crew member and includes a detailed account of entertainments and indoctrination rites for those first crossing the equator. Once in San Francisco he describes the town, its demographics of ethnic groups and bachelors, houses and tents, departure of the ship's crew for the mines, operations and rates aboard Henry Leland's schooner Lone Star, gold availability, high prices and wages, and the fate of certain overland parties. Other subjects include rains and flooding, the Sacramento river, Collins Cushman & Co., Kit Carson's visit to San Francisco, mining, hanging and other frontier "justice," California politics, and the weather. One letter is written on an illustrated lettersheet showing San Francisco in 1851.

ArchivalResource: 1 portfolio (.1 linear ft.)

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