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1. Other Ellis Family Members

Published / Created:: 1851-1897
Call Number:: WA MSS S-41
Collection Title:: William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 9
Image Count:: 20
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert Ellis.
Description:: The six additional family letters were a gift of Hannah C. Ellis in 1961.
Subject (Geographic):: California--Gold discoveries
Subject (Name):: Ellis, Anne, Ellis, Cornelia, Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875, and Ellis, William C.
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Other Ellis Family Members

2. [Correspondence, 1852-1874]

Creator:: Mansur, Abby T. Leighton, d. 1855
Published / Created:: 1852-1874
Call Number:: WA MSS S-1258 M318
Image Count:: 57
Abstract:: Abby Mansur's letters to her family describe the daily life of a New Hampshire housewife in California. Accompanied by an ALS, dated 1855 Aug 13, of Marcus M. Harrub, business partner of Abby Mansur's husband, to Mrs. Littlefield, her sister, informing her of Abby's death, and including a note from Abby's son, James C. Mansur, to his grandmother. Also accompanied by four letters of James C. Mansur to his aunts and uncle, dated 1861 Dec 28-1874 Mar 16.
Subject (Name):: Harrab, Marcus M, Littlefield, Hannah E. Leighton, Mansur, Abby T. Leighton,--d. 1855, Mansur, Horace, and Mansur, James C
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California and Home economics--California
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Correspondence, 1852-1874]

3. Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1868 September 22
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 36
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

4. Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1863 January 25
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 34
Image Count:: 3
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

5. Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1863 January 22
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 33
Image Count:: 9
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

6. Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut, to Rodney Clark, California

Creator:: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Published / Created:: 1863 January 19
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 32
Image Count:: 4
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Rodney, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut, to Rodney Clark, California

7. Warren Vester Clark, Rich Gulch, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1862 June 8
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 27
Image Count:: 4
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Rich Gulch, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

8. Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1860 January 12
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 24
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

9. Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1859 October 16
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 23
Image Count:: 3
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

10. Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1859 August 27
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 22
Image Count:: 3
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

11. Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Rodney Clark, California

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1859 August 27
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 21
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Rodney, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Rodney Clark, California

12. Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1859 June 1
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 19
Image Count:: 3
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

13. Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1859 February 15
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 18
Image Count:: 4
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

14. Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1859 February 10
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 17
Image Count:: 4
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

15. Cramer's Journal Containing Incidents of Travel Across the Plains from Kansas to California in 1859

Creator:: Cramer, Thomas J. B
Published / Created:: 1859
Call Number:: WA MSS 115
Image Count:: 98
Abstract:: The diary describes the journey from Kansas to California along the California Trail, by way of Fort Kearny, the Platte and Sweetwater, Fort Bridger, Salt Lake City, the Mormon route by Pilot Springs to the Humboldt and Carson Rivers, Hope Valley, Drytown, and Sacramento. The diary describes the country, Indians, and conditions in California, especially politics.
Subject (Geographic):: California National Historic Trail, California--Politics and government--1850-1950, Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):: Cramer, Samuel and Cramer, Thomas J. B
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1859
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cramer's Journal Containing Incidents of Travel Across the Plains from Kansas to California in 1859

16. Overland journey : from Kansas to California / by Thomas J. B. Cramer

Creator:: Cramer, Thomas J. B
Published / Created:: 1859
Call Number:: WA MSS 115
Image Count:: 187
Abstract:: The diary describes the journey from Kansas to California along the California Trail, by way of Fort Kearny, the Platte and Sweetwater, Fort Bridger, Salt Lake City, the Mormon route by Pilot Springs to the Humboldt and Carson Rivers, Hope Valley, Drytown, and Sacramento. The diary describes the country, Indians, and conditions in California, especially politics.
Description:: Cramer, of Douglas County, Kansas, was judge of the 1855 elections, inspector general of the militia, and territorial treasurer under the Lecompton Constitution. He was the pro-slavery candidate for treasurer in 1857. He left for California in 1859 with his wife and brother Samuel., Gift of William Robertson Coe., Original boards., and Wanting p. 1-2? Contemporary pagination runs from p. 3-182, of which p. 182 is the back pastedown. Several other errors in pagination noted.
Subject (Geographic):: California National Historic Trail, California--Politics and government--1850-1950, Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):: Cramer, Samuel and Cramer, Thomas J. B
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1859
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Overland journey : from Kansas to California / by Thomas J. B. Cramer

17. Warren Vester Clark, Sacremento, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1858 May 4
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 13
Image Count:: 4
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Sacremento, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

18. Rodney Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Rodney, 1824-1887
Published / Created:: 1858 February 15
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 12
Image Count:: 3
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rodney Clark, Rail Road Flat, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

19. Rodney Clark, New Haven, Connecticut, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Rodney, 1824-1887
Published / Created:: 1857 December 18
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 11
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rodney Clark, New Haven, Connecticut, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

20. Rodney Clark and Martin Carrington, New Haven, Connecticut, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Rodney, 1824-1887
Published / Created:: 1857 August 1
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 10
Image Count:: 3
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rodney Clark and Martin Carrington, New Haven, Connecticut, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

21. Rodney Clark and Martin Carrington, Woodbridge, Connecticut, to Andrew Clark, Woodbridge, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Rodney, 1824-1887
Published / Created:: 1857 March 22
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 9
Image Count:: 3
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rodney Clark and Martin Carrington, Woodbridge, Connecticut, to Andrew Clark, Woodbridge, Connecticut

22. Rodney Clark and Martin Carrington, New Haven, Connecticut, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Rodney, 1824-1887
Published / Created:: 1857 March 20
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 8
Image Count:: 3
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rodney Clark and Martin Carrington, New Haven, Connecticut, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

23. 1853, n.d.

Creator:: Ellis, William C.
Published / Created:: 1853, n.d.
Call Number:: WA MSS S-41
Collection Title:: William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 8
Image Count:: 25
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert Ellis.
Description:: The six additional family letters were a gift of Hannah C. Ellis in 1961.
Subject (Geographic):: California--Gold discoveries
Subject (Name):: Ellis, Anne, Ellis, Cornelia, Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875, and Ellis, William C.
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1853, n.d.

24. Warren Vester Clark, Michigan Bar, California, to Burr Higgins, Sandusky, Ohio

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1853 October 20
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 5
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
Description:: Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
Subject (Geographic):: Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):: Higgins, Burr
Subject (Topic):: Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Michigan Bar, California, to Burr Higgins, Sandusky, Ohio

25. Execution of Josh the Nigger who killed Mr. Bacon

Creator:: Windeler, Adolphus
Published / Created:: [1852?]
Call Number:: WA MSS S-748
Collection Title:: Voyage to California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder [Account books and loose pages]
Image Count:: 1
Description:: Windeler was a native of Hamburg, Germany who sailed from New York to California as a member of the crew of the ship Probus.
Subject (Geographic):: California--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):: Windeler, Adolphus
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Execution of Josh the Nigger who killed Mr. Bacon

26. Jul-Dec 1852

Creator:: Ellis, William C.
Published / Created:: Jul-Dec 1852
Call Number:: WA MSS S-41
Collection Title:: William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 7
Image Count:: 59
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert Ellis.
Description:: The six additional family letters were a gift of Hannah C. Ellis in 1961.
Subject (Geographic):: California--Gold discoveries
Subject (Name):: Ellis, Anne, Ellis, Cornelia, Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875, and Ellis, William C.
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jul-Dec 1852

27. Jan-Jun 1852

Creator:: Ellis, William C.
Published / Created:: Jan-Jun 1852
Call Number:: WA MSS S-41
Collection Title:: William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 6
Image Count:: 54
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert Ellis.
Description:: The six additional family letters were a gift of Hannah C. Ellis in 1961.
Subject (Geographic):: California--Gold discoveries
Subject (Name):: Ellis, Anne, Ellis, Cornelia, Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875, and Ellis, William C.
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jan-Jun 1852

28. Overland journey : from Leesburg, Pennsylvania, to the California mines / by Alexander Love, 1849-1852.

Creator:: Love, Alexander, 1810?-
Published / Created:: 1849-1852
Call Number:: WA MSS 309
Image Count:: 442
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Love's journal describes the 1849 trip from Pennsylvania to California, going by boat to St. Louis and Independence, then overland by the Platte, the Sweetwater, Sublette's Cut-off, Fort Hall, the California Trail, the Humboldt, the Truckee, Yuba and Bear rivers. Love describes prospecting in the Sacramento River Valley, troubles with Indians, and his life at Maj. P. B. Reading's ranch. He decided to sail home in 1852 by way of Panama.
Description:: Diary and typed transcript stored in a case., Gift of William Robertson Coe., and The diary is composed of four notebooks and various sizes of letter paper sewed together in a homemade calf binding.
Subject (Geographic):: California National Historic Trail, Sacramento Valley (Calif.), and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):: Love, Alexander, 1810?- and Reading, P. B.
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California, Indians of North America--California, Mines and mineral resources--California--Sacramento Valley, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1849
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Overland journey : from Leesburg, Pennsylvania, to the California mines / by Alexander Love, 1849-1852.

29. Jul-Dec 1851

Creator:: Ellis, William C.
Published / Created:: Jul-Dec 1851
Call Number:: WA MSS S-41
Collection Title:: William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 5
Image Count:: 57
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert Ellis.
Description:: The six additional family letters were a gift of Hannah C. Ellis in 1961.
Subject (Geographic):: California--Gold discoveries
Subject (Name):: Ellis, Anne, Ellis, Cornelia, Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875, and Ellis, William C.
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jul-Dec 1851

30. Jan-Jun 1851

Creator:: Ellis, William C.
Published / Created:: Jan-Jun 1851
Call Number:: WA MSS S-41
Collection Title:: William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 4
Image Count:: 28
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert Ellis.
Description:: The six additional family letters were a gift of Hannah C. Ellis in 1961.
Subject (Geographic):: California--Gold discoveries
Subject (Name):: Ellis, Anne, Ellis, Cornelia, Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875, and Ellis, William C.
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jan-Jun 1851