Correspondence of Alexander H. Sibley, 1821-1855.

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Correspondence of Alexander H. Sibley, 1821-1855.

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Ten of the twenty-five letters were written by Alexander H. Sibley, and are chiefly about his voyage to California by sea. The letters written before Sibley left New York discuss the prevailing feeling of "gold fever" among his fellow passengers. He also wrote letters from Chagres and Havana, describing his stopovers in Panama and Cuba during his sea voyage. A letter by Sibley to his brother-in-law, Charles Christopher Trowbridge, describes the San Francisco fire of June 1850. A letter by Benjamin S. Lippincott discusses gold discoveries and vigilante activity in Sonora, CA. The other letters, written by various family members and friends in Detroit, MI, and Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien, WI, are mainly about family affairs, and include a letter by Sibley's brother, Henry Hastings Sibley, regarding their mother's death.

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Falcon (Steamboat)

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Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-1891

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American pioneer; first Governor of Minnesota. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to William L. Marcy, 1853 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664016 Fur trader; soldier; politician; Governor of Minnesota, 1850-1860. From the description of Papers, 1815-1830. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17998041 Henry Sibley was a general in the Confederate Army. From the de...

Sibley, Alexander H.

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Alexander H. Sibley, son of Sarah W. Sprout and Supreme Court Justice Solomon Sibley, left New York for California February 2, 1849, on the steamer Falcon. His brother, Henry Hastings Sibley, became the first governor of Minnesota in 1858. His brother-in-law, Charles Christopher Trowbridge, was mayor of Detroit in the 1830s. From the description of Correspondence of Alexander H. Sibley, 1821-1855. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 1223...

Trowbridge, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1800-1883

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C.C. Trowbridge was born in Albany, New York on December 29, 1800. he entered business and came to Detroit in 1819. A year later he joined Governor Lewis Cass on his exploration of Lake Superior, becoming his private secretary. Trowbridge was secretary to the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1821-1835. He was cashier of Bank of Michigan, 1825-1836; president of Michigan State Bank, 1844-1853; and was secretary and cashier before serving as president of the Oakland & Ottawa Rai...

Lippincott, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Evans), 1902-

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Benjamin S. Lippincott travelled overland to California with the Bryant party. He helped to raise recruits during the Mexican War and served as lieutenant of Company H, California Battalion. He lived in San Francisco in 1847, served in California constitutional convention of 1849, represented San Joaquin County in the first state legislature, and represented Calaveras County in the legislatures of 1855 and 1861. From the description of Benjamin S. Lippincott letters : ALS, 1847-1851....