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Field name | Value |
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Title | Business Correspondence |
Reference | MS 61, folder 3 |
Library | California Historical Society |
Collection | Edward G H Anthony Letters: 1848-1853 |
Date | 1849-1851 |
Author / Creator | Anthony, Edward G H |
Description |
Letters from or concerning Edward G H Anthony, a Gold Rush forty-niner who sailed aboard the bark Susan as a member of the New York and California Aurelian Company. They describe the voyage and, subsequent to arriving in San Francisco, they describe health, economic, and social conditions there. Also includes a printed copy of the bylaws of the New York and California Aurelian Company, along with a typed transcript of one letter. |
Document Type | Correspondence, Manuscript, Pamphlet |
Theme(s) | Travel and Tourism; Exploration and Discovery; Health and Welfare; Social Life; Trade and Commerce; The Natural World; Regulation and Legislation |
Keywords | economy, climate, culture, geography, health, disease, death, voyage, gold, mining, Gold Rush, correspondence, letter, family, travel, business, pioneer, forty-niner, law, dispute, board, report, witness, freight, trade, constitution, by-law, bark, ship, sea, journey, company, commerce, office, firm, seafaring |
Countries | USA; Chile; Brazil |
Places | California; Cape Horn |
Ports | Talcahuano, Chile; Valparaiso, Chile; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; San Francisco, USA; New York, USA |
Company | New York and California Aurelian Company |
Ships | Susan, Unicorn, Balance, Salem |
Additional Information |
Contains a printed transcript of one letter which is difficult to read, having been written both horizontally and vertically on the paper. 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 |