Stephen Allen Curry diary : photocopy of handwritten transcription, 1864 Nov.-1865 June 16.

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Stephen Allen Curry diary : photocopy of handwritten transcription, 1864 Nov.-1865 June 16.

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Consists of 38 pages from Curry's diary, prepared by his great-nephew Dr. James Hart Curry Martens. The diary details his ocean voyage from New York to San Francisco via Panama on the Ocean Queen. Also outlines his experience working on the Central Pacific Railroad in northern Calif., in the foothills of the Sierra. Places mentioned include Placerville, Robber's Ravine (now called Darrington), Dutch Flat, and Canyon Creek. Curry left Calif. on the ship Moses Taylor, June 15, 1865. Includes copies of pages from the genealogical study entitled The Currey [sic] Family in the Hudson Highlands: Descendants of Richard Currey of Peekskill Hollow, New York, by Philip Field Horne, 1970.

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California historical society

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California historical society

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Curry, Stephen Allen, 1834-1865.

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Curry was the eighth of thirteen children of the Rev. Benjamin Ward Currey and Susan Hart Currey [sic]. He died three months after he left California. From the description of Stephen Allen Curry diary : photocopy of handwritten transcription, 1864 Nov.-1865 June 16. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 779385688 ...

Martens, James H. C. (James Hart Curry), 1901-

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Currey family.

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Central Pacific Railroad Company

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Signed by Leland Stanford, President of the C.P.R.R. Co. and E.H. Miller, Jr., Secretary of the C.P.R.R. Co. From the description of Land sale document to Samuel Manning, 1870 Aug. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864271 California Central Railroad Company (CPRR); inc. 21 Apr. 1857; located at Folsom, Sacramento County; sold to Central Pacific Railroad, Nov. 10, 1864; in 1885 the Central Pacific Railroad was leased by the Southern Pacific Company (reorganized 1899 as Ce...

Ocean Queen (Steamship).

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