Samuel Hopkins Willey personal memoranda : ms., [1878?].

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Samuel Hopkins Willey personal memoranda : ms., [1878?].

Recollections of voyage to Chagres on steamer, Falcon, Dec. 1848; crossing of the Isthmus; voyage to San Francisco on steamer, California; experiences in California including service as a chaplain at the Constitutional Convention at Monterey, 1849.

Originals : 160 leaves.Copies : partial microfilm reels : negative (Rich. 530:5) and positive.

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