William G. Brown letters to his wife, 1848-1849.

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William G. Brown letters to his wife, 1848-1849.

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13 original letters and photostats of a letter. Written from New Orleans, Chagres, New Granada, Panama, San Francisco, Sutter's Mill, and Sacramento. Describing voyage on schooner, Crescent City; conditions on the Isthmus; voyage on steamer, Panama; and life in California, to his wife in Keokuk, Iowa.

Originals : 14 folders in portfolio.Copies : partial microfilm reel (39 exposures) : negative (Rich. 545:2) and positive.

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Panama (Steamer)

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Brown, William Garrott, 1868-1913

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William Garrott Brown was a historian, biographer, and essayist, of Marion, Alabama, and Cambridge, Massachusetts who graduated from Harvard College in 1891. From the guide to the William Garrott Brown papers, 1898-1917, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Brown (1868-1913) taught history at Harvard and served as Deputy Keeper of University Records at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Garrott Brown, 1898. (Ha...