Papers of John Fox Damon, 1849-1902.

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Papers of John Fox Damon, 1849-1902.

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The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, and documents related to the life and activities of John Fox Damon. Subject matter includes: San Francisco and California during the Gold Rush period (1849-56); the gold rush period in British Columbia (with five letters from Victoria and a diary of a trip up the Fraser River to the Cariboo district in 1859); Oregon (1856-66); Washington (1876-83), with many letters regarding the activities of the Scottish Rite Masons.

63 pieces.1 box.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Scottish Rite (Masonic order)

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Damon, John Fox, 1827-1904.

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John F. Damon sailed around Cape Horn in 1849 to California from Massachusetts, where he had been a printer. After working in the gold mines for several months, Damon took jobs with various California newspapers, and in 1858 started on a trip up the Fraser River in British Columbia as a correspondent for the Victoria, British Columbia Gazette. In 1864 he went to Portland, Oregon, where he served as editor of the Oregonian for a short time, then entered the ministry, becoming pastor of the Portla...