Letters

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Title: Letters
Creator: Van Slyke, William S., b. 1829
Contributor: Ancient Order of Knighthood of the Ark (California)
Northerner (Steamship)
Van Slyke, David
Van Slyke, Martin
Van Slyke, Menso
Van Slyke, Norman
Van Slyke, Peter
Van Slyke, William S
West Wind (Steamship)
Published / Created: 1852-1869
Abstract: An account of his voyage from Pike, New York to California by way of Panama to work in the gold mines. When his health was failing, he took up farming of onions as a livelihood; he discovered this occupation had its hazards in the dry season. He did not marry, and decided that after seventeen years, he would remain in California.
Extent: 22 items (65 p.)
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Correspondence
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): California--History--1846-1850
Panama, Isthmus of (Panama)
Sacramento City (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name): Ancient Order of Knighthood of the Ark (California)
Northerner (Steamship)
Van Slyke, David
Van Slyke, Martin
Van Slyke, Menso
Van Slyke, Norman
Van Slyke, Peter
Van Slyke, William S
West Wind (Steamship)
Subject (Topic): Agriculture--California
Gold mines and mining--California
Voyages to the Pacific coast

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Citation: William S. Van Slyke Letters. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.