Perry, Henry, of Add MS 15027
Variant namesEpithet: of Add MS 15027
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000149.0x0002f1
Bridgeport, Conn., native and California gold rush participant.
Perry embarked from New York City on Feb. 25, 1849, sailed around Cape Horn, with stops in South America at Rio de Janeiro and Valparaiso, and arrived in San Francisco during August or early September. With Egbert Wiltsie, Perry soon sailed to Hawaii to sell a stock of goods, and returned to San Francisco in March, 1850. By May he was clerking at the firm of Harney and Wiltsie in Sacramento and had also set up a provision store with a partner, Billy B.
From the description of Henry Perry letters, 1849-1850. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 39389045
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| referencedIn | A VOLUME Of Miscellaneous Papers, Poems, and Letters, in Welsh and English, many of them addressed to the Editors of a Welsh periodical, intitled the Greal; the chief contents of which are as follows :-List of noblemen and gentlemen that have estate..., 1782-1807 | British Library | |
| creatorOf | Perry, Henry. Henry Perry letters, 1849-1850. | Newberry Library | |
| referencedIn | A VOLUME transcribed by Owen Jones, in 1769-1804, and containing the following Treatises, Poems, etc., in Welsh:-Treatise of Rhetoric, by Henry Perry, copied from the edition printed at London, 1595, p. 1 ;-Letter from William Salsburi to Gruffudd Hi..., 1528-1804 | British Library | |
| referencedIn | Portsmouth, N.H., notary public record book, 1692-1705. | Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum |
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| associatedWith | Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
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| correspondedWith | Perry family | family |
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