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1.
Other Ellis Family Members

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

2.
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.

3.
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

4.
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

5.
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

6.
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

7.
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

8.
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

9.
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

10.
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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