Manuscripts

On the Old West Coast

Description: Includes twenty different chapters from manuscript including: El Batocario; Man of Gratitude, Bravery and Honor; Uncle Bill; Chinameca; Meteors; Los Angeles in the Secession War; Tansey Bitters; Death Valley; Magruder; The Harvest; Calabasas; The Smoked Yankee; Chapter 29 (no title); The Fat of the Land; Pioneers; Four Mayors; Chapter 31 (no title); The Boom; The Mormons; The Onward March.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1904 and 1910
Call number: HM 39788
Creator: Bell, Horace (1830-1918)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. J.R. Phillips, November 1936.; Gift of Everett Herman Yocam, 1987.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Stearns, Abel, (1798-1871.)
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