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Historical accounts of trouble between Chilean, French, and American miners
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John Hovey journal of a voyage from Newburyport, Mass. to San Francisco, Cal
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This journal follows the travels of John Hovey from Massachusetts to California. He departs from Newburyport aboard the vessel Charlott on January 23, 1849; a manifest of crew and passengers is included on pages one and two. Much of the seagoing details are concerned with the weather. The ship reached port on July 23, 1849. He journeyed along the Sacramento River and Mokelumne River with his companions, searching for gold. He was involved with separate disputes over claims with miners from Chile and France (see also HM 4384-4385 which are transcripts of these entries removed from this volume). Hovey departs California by ship on May 30, 1851. Bound volume, with many color illustrations.
mssHM 322
The Miners
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Center image is of miners pumping water into a flume and panning gold at the river's edge. The smaller images above and below the central image are of Sutter's Fort and Mokelumne Hill. There are two vignettes to the left and right of the central image that depict two miners in front of a tent by a fire and miners resting by a tree. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey corner Commercial & Montgomery Sts. S. Francisco. No. 4."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.
48052:015a
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Charles Grafton Wilberton French letters to Nancy Manney
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Series of 11 letters from Charles Grafton Wilberton French to Nancy L. Manney written between 1885 and 1886, as well as three related items. The letters were written from Prescott, Arizona, and Washington, D.C., beginning in July 1885. They trace French's courtship and ultimate engagement to Nancy in 1886. In the first letter (HM 48772), French writes of the death of his wife and that "she knew all about my relations to yourself, long before her marriage to me." He then writes of their misunderstanding in the 1840s, noting that "when I left Beaufort I was convinced of your regard but I did not know how your family regarded the matter...there were many reasons for believing they did not regard it with satisfaction" (HM 48773). In October he wrote that he wanted to come to Beaufort so that "there should be no possibility of another mistake" (HM 48774), and by March 1886 they had become engaged and French wrote that "all that I am, all that I have, and all [that] I hope for in this life, I am ready now to devote to you" (HM 48779). Enclosed with HM 48778 is a photograph of French dated 1870. Also included with the correspondence is a letter from French to the postmaster of Beaufort asking if Nancy Manney is still at the same address (1885); a note from Nancy inquiring about a trunk (1886); and a photocopy of a marriage application for French and Nancy (1886).
mssHM 48772-48784
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John Hovey journal of sketches
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This is a collection of thirteen sketches done by John Hovey during his journey to California. Also included is a one-page description of four of the drawings, in Hovey's hand. One of the drawings appears to be a facsimile. All of this content has been removed from HM 322, Hovey's journal of his voyage, and the drawings here have been replicated in the journal by Hovey, and in color.
mssHM 4386
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American French Relations
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Copies of the original correspondence relative to the French captures and the spoliations of American seamen, the Genet Affair, and the treaty with Great Britain, including copies of letters by Edmond Randolph, Timothy Pickering, George Washington, Joseph Fauchet and P.A. Adet.
mssHM 709
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Account current with the estate of John Lynch French
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A manuscript document recording the expenditures of a St. Kitts plantation owned by John Lynch French (d. 1801) of Nottingham Place, London; Thomas Caines was the estate manager of the St. Kitts plantation owned by French. It lists payments made to companies and individuals for a wide variety of goods and services, including timber, freight charges, paper and quills, food (including corn, rice, salt fish, rum), candles, slaves' clothing, various carpentry jobs, lime for building, parish tax on slaves, and payments to Caines as manager. A record of the annual births and deaths of slaves on the estate is also recorded. With a signed autograph note by Jedidiah Kerie, clerk, examiner of accounts. The document was likely originally folded, but appears to have been later bound into a volume and then removed, as pages are stitched with some tears.
mssHM 83699