Going to California in 1849 by E. L. Christman

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Title: Going to California in 1849 by E. L. Christman
Creator: Christman, Enos, 1828-1912
Contributor: Apple, Ellen A
Atkins, DeWitt Clinton
Evans, Henry S
Prizer, Enos
Published / Created: 1849 April 9
Publication Place: Washington, Pennsylvania
Abstract: Enos Christman's journals describe his 1849 sea voyage around the Horn from Philadelphia to San Francisco, his work in the gold fields and for the Sonora Herald. Pasted into the back of one journal are newspaper clippings of Christman's letters to Pennsylvania newspapers from his vacations in southern California, dated 1891-1896. There is correspondence between Christman and his fiancée Ellen A. Apple, his patron Henry S. Evans, his companion DeWitt Clinton Atkins, his friend Enos Prizer, and others.
Extent: 1 folder (15 p.) ; 32 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA MSS S-1266
Collection Title: Journals and correspondence, 1849-1896.
Collection / Other Creator: Christman, Enos, 1828-1912
Container / Volume: Box 1 | Folder Moving to California in 1849 by E. L. Christman

Format: mixed material
Genre: Historiography
journals (accounts): diaries (AAT)
Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): California--Description and travel
California--Gold discoveries
Subject (Name): Apple, Ellen A
Atkins, DeWitt Clinton
Evans, Henry S
Prizer, Enos
Subject (Topic): Frontier and pioneer life--California
Gold mines and mining--California
Journalism--California
Sonora Herald (1850)
Voyages to the Pacific coast

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Citation: Enos Christman Journals and Correspondence. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.