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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
The Compass
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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
The collection includes some 17th and 18th century items regarding Norton's ancestors in Massachusetts; correspondence by Norton regarding his voyage to California and his time in the gold mines; several items pertaining to Norton's membership in the Society of California Pioneers of New England; a painting and sketch of the ship "Argonaut," both by Clark Oliver; and military records of Charles Walton of the 6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment and Simon M. Nudd of the 24th Maine Infantry Regiment. Also included is a pocket compass and lock that belonged to William Norton.
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Visual Materials
Image of a navigational compass flanked by two drafting compasses.
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Rare Books
717685
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Rare Books
Publisher: Compass Review (Saint Louis, Mo.) Related Content: "all-yellow flowers" (p. 20, poem) Note: "C23" written in ms. in upper right corner of p. [1]. Related Content Author: Charles Bukowski
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