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1.
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

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

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.

4.
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.

5.
Apr-Oct 1850

Creator:
Ellis, William C.
Published / Created:
Apr-Oct 1850
Call Number:
WA MSS S-41
Collection Title:
William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:
32
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 > Apr-Oct 1850

6.
Aug-Dec 1850

Creator:
Ellis, William C.
Published / Created:
Aug-Dec 1850
Call Number:
WA MSS S-41
Collection Title:
William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 3
Image Count:
38
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 > Aug-Dec 1850

7.
Feb-Mar 1850

Creator:
Ellis, William C.
Published / Created:
Feb-Mar 1850
Call Number:
WA MSS S-41
Collection Title:
William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
16
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 > Feb-Mar 1850

8.
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

9.
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

10.
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

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