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1. 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.
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. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. Jan-Jun 1851
- Creator:
- Ellis, William C.
- Published / Created:
- Jan-Jun 1851
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-41
- Collection Title:
- William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 4
- Image Count:
- 28
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert Ellis.
- Description:
- The six additional family letters were a gift of Hannah C. Ellis in 1961.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California--Gold discoveries
- Subject (Name):
- Ellis, Anne, Ellis, Cornelia, Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875, and Ellis, William C.
- Subject (Topic):
- Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jan-Jun 1851
9. Jan-Jun 1852
- Creator:
- Ellis, William C.
- Published / Created:
- Jan-Jun 1852
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-41
- Collection Title:
- William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 6
- Image Count:
- 54
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert Ellis.
- Description:
- The six additional family letters were a gift of Hannah C. Ellis in 1961.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California--Gold discoveries
- Subject (Name):
- Ellis, Anne, Ellis, Cornelia, Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875, and Ellis, William C.
- Subject (Topic):
- Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jan-Jun 1852
