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2.
- Creator:
- Paden, Melvin, d. 1854
- Published / Created:
- 1852-1854
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-717 P133
- Image Count:
- 19
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Life in the mine fields in and around Butte County, California, reflected in the correspondence of a prospector to his wife and a friend. Included is a letter to Paden's wife from his brother telling of Paden's death in the mine fields.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Butte County (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Paden, Jane and Paden, Melvin, d. 1854
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining--California
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Correspondence
3.
- Creator:
- Chelton, James
- Published / Created:
- 1852 Sep 2
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-682 C419
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Describing his voyage from Panama on the Bark Emily, and his mining in and around Marysville.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Marysville (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Chelton, James and Emily (Bark)
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining--California and Voyages to the Pacific coast
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter: to his brother and sister
4.
- Creator:
- Van Slyke, William S., b. 1829
- Published / Created:
- 1852-1869
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1020 V364
- Image Count:
- 53
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- 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 n...
- Subject (Geographic):
- California--History--1846-1850, Panama, Isthmus of (Panama), Sacramento City (Calif.), and 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, and West Wind (Steamship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Agriculture--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters
5.
- Published / Created:
- 1849-1850
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1392 So860
- Image Count:
- 13
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- The scrapbook records the voyage of the ship South America from Providence, Rhode Island, via the Panama to San Francisco. Along with written notations of the ship's location, there are newspaper clippings listing the passengers, members of the Tallma...
- Description:
- Donated by Bradford F. Swan, 1977.
- Subject (Name):
- Rhodes (Bark), Rio (Bark), South America (Ship), Tallman Mining and Trading Association, and Walter (Bark)
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining--California and Voyages to the Pacific coast
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > South America (Ship) Scrapbook
6.
- Creator:
- Tallman Mining and Trading Association
- Published / Created:
- 1849 September
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3942 T147
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript list, unsigned and dated 1849 September, of members of the Tallman Mining and Trading Association aboard the ship South America, which left Newport, Rhode Island, on 1849 September 8, and arrived at San Francisco, California, on 1850 Februa...
- Description:
- Source unknown.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California--Economic conditions--20th century and California--Gold discoveries
- Subject (Name):
- South America (Ship)--Passenger lists
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners--California, Gold mines and mining--California, Ships--Passenger lists, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tallman Mining and Trading Association passenger list : manuscript.
