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2.
- 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
3.
- 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.
4.
- 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
5.
- 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
6.
- 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.
- 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
8.
- 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
9.
- 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
10.
- 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
