Manuscripts

William A. Brown papers

Description: Collection includes correspondence by the Brown family from 1849 to 1855. In the letters, William A. Brown discusses his trip to San Francisco via Panama, his brief mining experiences, and the establishment of his mail and express service. The collection also includes some business papers.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1849-1855
Call number: mssHM 26407-26462
Creator: Brown, William (1828?-1853)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from John Howell, October 1962.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

William A. Brown papers

Manuscripts

Collection includes correspondence by the Brown family from 1849 to 1855. In the letters, William A. Brown discusses his trip to San Francisco via Panama, his brief mining experiences, and the establishment of his mail and express service. The collection also includes some business papers.

mssHM 26407-26462

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M. Brown letter to "My Dear Sir,"

Manuscripts

This letter, written from Valparaiso, Chile is dated March 7, 1849. M. Brown wrote it on board the USS Independence to a former shipmate aboard the USS Ohio stationed in San Francisco Bay. In the letter, Brown discusses difficulties in Chile, life aboard Commodore Shubrick's vessel, naval politics and news from the rest of the fleet in the Pacific.

mssHM 81273

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Andrew Brown papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of the correspondence and papers of Andrew Brown. The collection is made up primarily of business records and contains 97 volumes of day books, cash books, ledgers, daybooks, and account books. Also included are bills and receipts related to Brown's general store in Kernville, California, his jobs as postmaster and an agent for Wells, Fargo Express Company, and his other business interests. Of note in the collection are two account books from 1873 to 1886 for business transactions with Chinese individuals in Kernville. Some of the volumes are damaged and fragile so use may be restricted.

mssBrown

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William Bunker Gardner papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, a letter book, manuscripts, a journal, a sketch of Fort Ludlow, Washington, a map, and documents. There is one logbook related to the voyage of the Ship Sarah Parker to San Francisco via Cape Horn, from 1852 to 1855, visits to North Pacific ports, and the return trip to Massachusetts. The journal in the collection is by Charlotte Coffin Gardner. The collection also contains a few accounts for the ships Courier, Mary Mitchell, and Flora. There is also correspondence in the collection from 1920 to 1965, most of which is between Grace Brown Gardner, the granddaughter of William B. Gardner and Charlotte Gardner, and Eleanor Jane Graves. This correspondence focuses on the Gardner journal and early Nantucket inhabitants. There are also photographs of William B. Garner and Charlotte Gardiner, dated between 1850 and 1870.

mssHM 39123-39180

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Willaim T. Reynolds letter to Mrs. William T. Reynolds

Manuscripts

Letter was written in a Gregory's Express pocket letter book, printed in 1851. Reynolds describes San Francisco and the recent activites of the vigilance committee in the city. He also discusses the possibility of his wife traveling to San Francisco to join him and how she may obtain money through the offices of Page, Bacon & Co

mssHM 56914

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Brock Collection: Papers of James Brown

Manuscripts

Business records, legal papers, correspondence and miscellaneous documents of James Brown, his family and business associates, particularly Robert Burton and Robert Rives. Included are: correspondence about Brown's land holdings in Kentucky and Ohio, papers relating to the long litigation in settling the estate of Burton, whose widow married Brown, as well as complication in the matter of the estates of Mr. & Mrs. Brown in connection with the claims of the two sets of her children. There is also material regarding the liquidation of the firm Brown, Rives & Co

mssBR Boxes 58-61

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