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California and colonization, by J.P. Whitney
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Typescript of a letter from Elizabeth Whitney Putnam to her father J.D. Whitney, Sr., written shortly after the arrival of Elizabeth and her daughter Katharine in San Francisco. In the letter Elizabeth describes the difficulties of ocean travel, her voyage from the east coast to Panama on board the Georgia, her experiences crossing the Isthmus of Panama on foot and riding mules, a detailed firsthand account of the wreck of the Tennessee in the Pacific Ocean, and her final arrival in San Francisco aboard the Goliath, which also hit rocks off the California coast.
mssHM 73686
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Manuscripts
In this letter, insurance broker A. L. Whitney talks about his father William Whitney, who moved to San Francisco from New York in 1849. He also talks about several other family members as well as his life in San Francisco. With the letter are copies of 4 photogarphs of Whitney family members including: Katherine Whitney Wakelee, Abbott Larwrence Whitney, William Whitney and Matilde Whitney.
mssHM 75108