Papers of Edward Schieffelin, 1880-1881.

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Papers of Edward Schieffelin, 1880-1881.

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Seventeen original letters written by Edward Schieffelin to his aunt, Mrs. Mary Throckmorton. In his letters Schieffelin describes not only his activities as a prospector - such as prospecting trips, failed attempts to start mines, and his discovery of the Tombstone district in Arizona - but his thoughts and feelings about the changing West and his place in it. Through these letters Schieffelin, an introverted man who disliked cities and was particularly shy around women, provides more than the timeline of his personal events but a window into the mind of a philosophical prospector.

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Schieffelin, Edward, 1847-1897

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Edward Lawrence Schieffelin was born on October 8, 1847 in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. In 1849 his father Clinton Schieffelin and uncle-in-law Joe Walker headed west to try their luck in the gold fields of California. Eventually, the two purchased property along the Rogue River in Oregon, and in 1856 a young Edward and his family moved west to join his father in Jackson County, Oregon. As a young man Schieffelin prospected all over the North American West, but his biggest find came in 1877 when ...

Throckmorton, Mary.

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Epithet: daughter of Lord Chandos, wife of George Throckmorton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x0003c9 ...