Charles Hilton letters : Calif., New York, and Nicaragua, to his family in Carleton, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : ALS, 1850-1865.

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Charles Hilton letters : Calif., New York, and Nicaragua, to his family in Carleton, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : ALS, 1850-1865.

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Consists of original and typescript letters written by Charles Hilton to his family in Nova Scotia. He describes Calif., his activities gold mining in Barton's Bar and the Yuba River, and writes about settling permanently in Calif., his trip back to Calif. via New York and Nicaragua, aboard the schooner Star of the West, with his wife and son, and about his life in Centerville, Calif. (near Misson San Jose). Also includes a letter from his mother, in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

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Charles Hilton came to the Calif. gold mines in 1850 from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, via Panama. In 1855 he returned to Calif., via Nicaragua, with his wife Mary and son Charley, to settle in Centerville, Calif. From the description of Charles Hilton letters : Calif., New York, and Nicaragua, to his family in Carleton, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : ALS, 1850-1865. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 81651682 ...