A visit to California in early times : ms.

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A visit to California in early times : ms.

Concerning his youth in Kentucky and Missouri; participation in Seminole War, 1838; overland to California as member of Bartleson party, 1841; travels in California; return to the States.

Originals : 12 leaves ; 31 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (16 exposures) : negative (Rich. 92:16) and positive.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7155114

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Bartleson-Bidwell Party.

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Chiles, Joseph B. (Joseph Ballinger), 1810-1885

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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Ezekial Thatcher was clerk of the Parkville School District, Shasta County, Calif. He emigrated to California from Pennsylvania in 1850 and helped establish the first school district in the Parkville area. He is descended from the Thatchers of Uffington, England, the same family as Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. From the description of H.H. Bancroft letter : San Francisco, Calif., to E. Thatcher, Parkville, Shasta County, Calif. : ALS (photocopy)...