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Title Correspondence from Families in Nantucket Sent to Vessels Bound for California
Reference MSS 524
Library Nantucket Historical Association
Collection Tilroe Gold Rush Letters, 1849
Date Oct 1849
Description A Collection of fourteen letters written by residents of Nantucket to family members on board vessels bound for California. All correspondence is dated October 1849.
Document Type Correspondence
Theme(s) Employment and Labour; Social Life
Keywords family, letter, health, voyage, crew, women, wife, personal correspondence, California Gold Rush, gold, gold mining, Gold Rush
Countries USA
Places California
Ports Nantucket, USA
Ships Phoenix, Hoogly, Henry Clay, Empire, Potomac, Charles Carroll
Copyright Nantucket Historical Association