Samuel Brannan letters, photographs, and other material, 1837-1890.

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Samuel Brannan letters, photographs, and other material, 1837-1890.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/367901722

Binder containing autographed letter transcripts, 1837-1890; articles and pictures (illustrations) of San Francisco, Sacramento, Sutter's Mill, Calistoga, and various people, including James Marshall at Sutter's Mill, circa 1849-1879; songs about Sam Brannan; advertisement copies regarding lands for sale; post cards of Escondido & surrounding area, undated.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

Harold B. Lee Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7385872

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Brannan, Sam, 1819-1889

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Sam Brannan (1819-1889) was born in Maine and moved to Ohio as a teenager. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in 1844 began printing The Prophet, a Mormon newspaper, in New York. In 1846 Brannan sailed aboard the Brooklyn with about 240 other Mormons to San Francisco, where he was made first president of the California mission and established the California Star as the first newspaper in San Francisco. In 1848 Brannan traveled to Sutter's Mill as a representative of th...