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[Envelope to Mrs. Sabrina Swain, Youngstown, Niagara County, New York]

Creator:: Swain, William, 1821-1904
Published / Created:: [1849?]
Call Number:: WA MSS 466
Collection Title:: Journals and letters, 1849-1851
Container / Volume:: Folder 5
Image Count:: 2
Subject (Geographic):: West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):: Swain, Sabrina
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California. and Gold mines and mining--California
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Envelope to Mrs. Sabrina Swain, Youngstown, Niagara County, New York]

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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

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Warren Vester Clark, Sandusky, Ohio, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1850 March 11
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 2
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, Sandusky, Ohio, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

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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

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Warren Vester Clark, Sacramento, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

Creator:: Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
Published / Created:: 1850 August 12
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2648
Collection Title:: Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 4
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, Sacramento, California, to Wilson Hart Clark, New Haven, Connecticut

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

18.
Tallman Mining and Trading Association passenger list : manuscript.

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 February 16.
Description:: Source unknown. and The Tallman Mining and Trading Association of Providence, Rhode Island, was organized in 1849 August. The association owned its own ship, South America, which carried merchandise which was sold to gold miners in California.
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.

19.
South America (Ship) Scrapbook

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 Tallman Mining and Trading Association. There is also information on the barks Walter, Rio, and Rhodes. A note at the end records people going to mines near Stockton.
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

20.
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

21.
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

22.
Rodney Clark and Martin Carrington, Woodbridge, Connecticut, to Andrew Clark, Woodbridge

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

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

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

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

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

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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

26.
Letters

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 not marry, and decided that after seventeen years, he would remain in California.
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

27.
Letter: to his brother and sister

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

28.
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

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.
Journal of route to California from my home in Youngstown by way of the Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago

Creator:: Swain, William, 1821-1904
Published / Created:: 1849
Call Number:: WA MSS 466
Collection Title:: Journals and letters, 1849-1851
Container / Volume:: Folder 1
Image Count:: 4
Abstract:: Journal, April 11-August 6, 1849.
Subject (Geographic):: West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California. and Gold mines and mining--California
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal of route to California from my home in Youngstown by way of the Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, and Independence: commencing April 11th, 1849

31.
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

32.
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

33.
Going to California in 1849 by E. L. Christman

Creator:: Christman, Enos, 1828-1912
Published / Created:: 1849 April 9
Call Number:: WA MSS S-1266
Collection Title:: Journals and correspondence, 1849-1896.
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder Moving to California in 1849 by E. L. Christman
Image Count:: 15
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.
Subject (Geographic):: California--Description and travel and California--Gold discoveries
Subject (Name):: Apple, Ellen A, Atkins, DeWitt Clinton, Evans, Henry S, and Prizer, Enos
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, Journalism--California, Sonora Herald (1850), and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Going to California in 1849 by E. L. Christman

34.
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

35.
Correspondence

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

36.
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

37.
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

38.
Account of the discovery of gold in California / by Lester Tinker Rogers, ca. 1880.

Creator:: Rogers, Lester Tinker, 1821-
Published / Created:: ca. 1880.
Call Number:: WA MSS S-739 R6315
Image Count:: 5
Abstract:: Telling how the Mormons were influential in the discovery, and of Samuel Brannan's alleged illegal acquisition of the supplies and store of Isaac Rogers, Jr.
Subject (Name):: Rogers, Isaac,--Jr.,--1793-1849, Rogers, James S, and Rogers, Lester Tinker,--1821-
Subject (Topic):: Gold mines and mining--California and Mormons--California
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Account of the discovery of gold in California / by Lester Tinker Rogers, ca. 1880.

39.
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.