John H. Forster papers, 1835-1891.

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John H. Forster papers, 1835-1891.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34420366

Correspondence; journals of a survey of Green Bay, Wisconsin and voyage from Green Bay to Buffalo, New York, 1845; journal, "Notes of a Surveyor in Panama and California, 1849"; sketchbook on his time in Panama and California; report on silver mines in Nevada, 1869; scrapbook containing reports of his travels in the California Gold Rush and his reminiscences of early days in the Lake Superior copper mining district; speeches concerning his travels; and photographs.

.6 linear ft. in 1 box.

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Forster, John Harris, 1822-1894

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Surveyor and mining engineer, of Houghton and Williamston, Michigan. From the description of John H. Forster papers, 1835-1891. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420366 John Harris Forster was born in 1822 in Erie, Pennsylvania. As a civil and mining engineer and geologist, Forster served as assistant engineer U.S. survey of lakes, river and harbor improvements; assistant engineer Mexican Boundary line (1848-1849); special engineer for construction of Portage L...