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Field name | Value |
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Title | Letters (Some Fragmented) Written by Hubert Burgess to His Mother in England |
Author | Burgess, William Hubert (c.1825-1893) |
Date | 28 May 1851 - 29 Nov 1861 |
Document Type | Correspondence; Manuscript |
Reference | MS Vault 10 |
Library / Archive | California Historical Society |
Collection Name | William Hubert Burgess Letters and Miscellany, (Bulk 1851-1899) |
Description | Letters describing life in California, including wild fires, hunting trips and daily life in mining camps during the gold rush. Includes a small pencil sketches of a cabin, a thank you letter for donations given to the Mechanics Institute, San Francisco and an acquisition letter from the Mercantile Library Association of San Francisco. |
Theme(s) | Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences |
Places | Butte City, Sierra Nevada, San Francisco, California, United States; London, England |
Nationality | Mexican |
People | Burgess, William Hubert |
Keywords | gold rush, mining, miner, crime, food, emigration, health and sickness, disease, entertainment, death, family, exploitation, injury, sport, shipping, animals, clothing, gold, postal service |
Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the California Historical Society catalogue. |
Language | English |
Document(s) linked to |
William Hubert Burgess Biography, Contents and Letter Transcripts Account of the Experience Will Burgess had While Getting to New York, 1899 (Wreck of the Sloop Yacht "June"), Newspaper Clippings and Miscellaneous Biographical Notes Notebook Containing Marsh's Manual of Reformed Phonetic Short-hand and Assorted Notes on Mining Camps and Hunting Notes on Chromo Lithography, Silver Chasing, Drawing, Modelling and Casting and Fragments of 'A Dangerous Crowd' Sketches Made by H. F. Burgess Showing His Experiences in California Sketches Made by H. F. Burgess Showing His Experiences in California Sketches Made by H. F. Burgess Showing His Experiences in California Notes for "Joaquin's Camp" |
Copyright | California Historical Society |