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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters: 1848-1850, 1859 |
| Reference | MS 236, folder 2 |
| Library | California Historical Society |
| Collection | Samuel W Brown Diary and Letters |
| Date | 1848-1850, 1859 |
| Author / Creator | Brown, Samuel W |
| Description |
Letters written by Brown to family and friends, detailing his trip from New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn aboard the bark Selma with the Fremont Mining and Trading Company, of which he served as chairman of the board. Letters also include descriptions of Rio de Janeiro and Chile; San Francisco housing, population statistics, lynch law, and prices; and a squatters riot in Sacramento in 1850. Includes a printed notice (25 May 1859) to Brown from John Ferguson, indicating that Brown was Postmaster in Petaluma. Letters include a pictorial lettersheet with view of San Francisco. |
| Document Type | Correspondence, Manuscript |
| Theme(s) | Social Life; Travel and Tourism; Trade and Commerce; Health and Welfare |
| Keywords | population, riot, report, study, geography, society, chairman, board, business, family, voyage, sea, seafaring, ship, vessel, sketch, officer, insurance, shares, religion, indigenous peoples, slaves, climate, floods, prices, mining, medicine, gold, deed |
| Countries | Chile; Brazil; USA |
| Places | Cape Horn; Petaluma; Sacramento |
| Ports | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; New York, USA; San Francisco, USA |
| Company | Fremont Mining & Trading Company |
| Ships | Selma |
| Additional Information |
Brown was a Californian forty-niner and physician from Connecticut. Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the California Historical Society's North Baker Research Library catalogue. |
| Copyright | California Historical Society |
