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James Stephenson letters

 Collection — manuscript box: 21 - folder 1
Identifier: 22

Scope and content

Letters to his wife Maria, written as he traveled to California during the Gold Rush; describes fire on an Ohio River steamer, and mentions plans to abandon the Gold Rush and locate on a farm in northern Illinois.

Dates

  • 1850.

Creator

Extent

1 folders. (1 folder.)

Language of Materials

English

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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