Manuscripts

Brophy-Beeson papers

Description: The collection contains letters, documents, and one account book related to a variety of subjects, including: gold mining and ranching in Yuba County in the 1850s; disputed California land titles; California and national politics (1856-1861); rural life in La Salle County, Illinois (1856-1864) and in Jackson County, Oregon (1860-1885); life of the Oregon militia (1863-1866); and aid to the Native Americans.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1827-1900
Call number: mssBB
Creator: Brophy, John (-1866)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Edwin Grabhorn, January 1945.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

1827-1855

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters, documents, and one account book related to a variety of subjects, including: gold mining and ranching in Yuba County in the 1850s; disputed California land titles; California and national politics (1856-1861); rural life in La Salle County, Illinois (1856-1864) and in Jackson County, Oregon (1860-1885); life of the Oregon militia (1863-1866); and aid to the Native Americans.

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1863-1890

Manuscripts

mssBB

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Account book

Manuscripts

mssBB

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1856-1862

Manuscripts

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Riggin/Pettyjohn family papers

Manuscripts

About one-half of the correspondence is made up of letters between James C. Riggin and his wife Rebeca Jane Pettyjohn. The other half of the correspondence is made up of letters written by various members of the Pettyjohn family. The letters tell of the journey to California along the Oregon Trail, and discuss, in detail, Fort Kearny; Fort Laramie; Fort Des Moines and Keokuk, Iowa; and Sacramento, and Yuba County, California. The letters also describe life in a California gold mining town including gold discoveries, prices of supplies, and rumors of murders in the area. Two of James C. Riggin's letters are on pictorial lettersheets. The collection also includes one account book, bills, receipts, and canceled checks.

mssHM 27960-27963, HM 63287-63326

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John Fox Damon papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, documents, a journal, and ephemera related to the life and activities of John Fox Damon. Subject matter includes: San Francisco and California during the Gold Rush period (from 1849 to 1856); the gold rush period in British Columbia, Canada, including five letters from Victoria and a journal of a trip up the Fraser River to the Cariboo district in 1859; Oregon (from 1856 to 1866); Washington (from 1876 to 1883). Many letters in the collection describe the activities of the Scottish Rite Masons.

mssHM 4300-4362

Brophy-Beeson papers

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