Stephen Lawrence Fowler journal ... : and account book : mss., 18.

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Stephen Lawrence Fowler journal ... : and account book : mss., 18.

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Typed transcripts made by the California Historical Survey Commission, 1916. Contents: v. 1 - Journal (1849-1852) of voyage of Stephen and James E. Fowler to California on ship, Brooklyn; experiences chiefly in the Northern mines; work on the Bodega Rancho for Capt. Stephen Smith, and settlement in Sonoma Co. v. 2 - Accounts (1852-1866) for Spring Farm at Valley Ford.

Originals : 2 v. ; 32 cm.Copies : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 638:1) and positive.

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Fowler, Stephen Lawrence, 1825-1868.

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Fowler family.

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Brooklyn (Ship)

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Fowler, James, 1828-1892

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James Edgar Fowler was born in New York City on December 25th, 1828. On January 12th, 1849, in company with his older brother he set sail in the ship "Brooklyn" destined for California. Both brothers were experienced builders and carpenters and so upon arrival in San Francisco they were contracted to erect several buildings. They then sailed up the Sacramento River, organized a party, chartered a team for Dry Town, Amador County, and mined successfully until January 1850. After selling their ent...

Smith, Stephen D.

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California Historical Survey Commission

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History In 1918, the California State Council of Defense (first created in 1916) formed the War History Committee for the purpose of assembling the records of the war and preserving all material of historical value relating to California's part in that War. The actual direction of the work of the Committee was given to the Historical Survey Commission (created in 1915) under the immediate supervision of Dr. Owen C. Coy. Under this director, a...