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Title Letters from William C Pease to his Parents, 1849
Reference MSS 254, Folder 1
Library Nantucket Historical Association
Collection William C Pease Letters / Reed Collection, 1849-1854
Collection Series William C Pease Letters
Date 12 Feb 1849-12 Nov 1849
Description Several letters describing life both at sea on board the ship Aurora, and in San Francisco during the early years of the Gold Rush.
Document Type Correspondence
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce; Employment and Labour; Migration and Immigration
Keywords California Gold Rush, gold, gold mining, Gold Rush, voyage, disease, health, personal correspondence, food, prices, mining, weather, president, wharf, potatoes, family
Countries USA
Places San Francisco
Ports Nantucket, USA
Ships Aurora
People George Washington
Additional Information Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Nantucket Historical Association catalogue.
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