Reminiscences of Mrs. E. A. Van Court : typescript, 1914 March 26.

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Reminiscences of Mrs. E. A. Van Court : typescript, 1914 March 26.

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Typescript of a talk given to a ladies group by Mrs. E. A. Van Court about her life in California. She begins with a brief mention of her voyage from New York on the steamships "George Law," "Central America," and "Golden Age," and describes the ceremony that greeted them on arrival in San Francisco. She describes in detail the Vigilance Committee of 1856 and the trials of Charles Cora and James P. Casey. While the Van Courts were attempting to make a living as ranchers, three children were born to the couple and a long passage concerns the birth of one child and the difficulties caused by the family's isolation. The family moved a number of times and Mrs. Van Court mentions the hardships of moving with infant children. The Van Courts undertook a brief stint as hotelkeepers and Mrs. Van Court writes of an encounter with an Indian that occurred on an afternoon when she was alone at the hotel.

1 item (18 p.); 32 cm.

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Casey, James P. d.1856.

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Cora, Charles, d. 1856.

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Golden Age (steamship)

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King, James, 1822-1856

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Central America (Steamship).

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Van Court, E. A., Mrs., b. 1831 or 2.

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Mrs. E. A. Van Court, after growing up near Albany, New York,traveled to California in 1855 to join her husband who had preceded her there in 1853. They lived in San Francisco for several months and then in 1856 began the first of several unsuccessful attempts at ranching in the San Mateo Mountains and the Santa Clara Valley. The couple also briefly operated a hotel near San Jose. After nine years filled with misfortune the Van Courts moved back to the city, first to San Francisco and then to Oa...