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Ledger, Bidwell's Bar, California

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Description: This volume was originally a ledger used to record purchased goods in Bidwell Bar from 1860-1862. It seems to have fallen into the possession of Mary Totman Rogers, after which it became a scrapbook. As a scrapbook, the volume contains numerous newspaper clippings regarding the history and activities of Oroville, California, including the obituary of Mary, as well as printed prayers and poems. Also with three envelopes containing loose items found in the volume.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1860-1942.
Call number: mssHM 79058
Provenance: Gift of Bruce Walton, June 1987.
Dimensions: 36 cm :
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Geologic Atlas of the United States : Bidwell Bar folio, California

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Contents: Description of the gold belt / jointly prepared by Geo F. Becker, H.W. Turner and Waldemar Lindgren, 1894. Revised January, 1897 -- Description of the Bidwell Bar quadrangle / H.W. Turner -- Topographic sheet -- Historical geology sheet -- Economic geology sheet -- Special illustration sheet.At head of title: Department of the Interior ; United States Geological Survey ; Charles D. Walcott, Director.On cover: Index Map.Text on inside front cover and inside back cover.Stamped, purple ink, on front cover: H. L. Smyth, Cambridge, Mass.Label tipped into binding on front cover reads: "The Bidwell Bar folio relates to a district in the northern portion of the gold belt of California. The distribution of gold-bearing gravels and gold veins is described under the head of Economic Geology, and the several maps exhibit these and the associated geological phenomena. The scenic features of the region are shown in a page of illustrations." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: contour lines. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

266572 no.043

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Bidwell's Bar, California

Visual Materials

This collection contains photographs by historian Ralph P. Bieber documenting the central overland route to California as it appeared in the 1950s. Bieber visited the sites in conjunction with a project to record every aspect of the trails and circumstances associated with the migration of people to California during the Gold Rush years and subsequently. The images document the route through Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and California. Bieber organized and annotated the photographs himself, and his original order, based primarily on print size, has been maintained. Additionally, Bieber created photographic categories such as "Donner Party Sites," "Gold Discovery Sites," and "Sites associated with John C. Frémont." Note that Bieber did not arrange the photographs geographically.

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John Bidwell letter to John Townsend

Manuscripts

Mr. Bidwell sends Mr. Townsend the map of the San Joaquin that was promised, and gives advice and offers assistance on procuring a land grant within that area.

mssHM 35190

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William H. Edwards letter to Mr. Bidwell

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Letter from entomologist and naturalist William H. Edwards to a Mr. Bidwell of Brooklyn, written shortly after his arrival in Pará, Brazil in 1846. The letter gives an account of Edwards' journey to South America, the plants, birds, and animals there, as well as some of the region's geography including the Amazon River.

mssHM 83472

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John Bidwell petition to John Augustus Sutter

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This manuscript is a petition for land to John Augustus Sutter from John Bidwell, on behalf of John Townsend. In Spanish. Map mentioned is with HM 31549.

mssHM 35189

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John Bidwell letter to John Townsend

Manuscripts

Bidwell advises Townsend on how to acquire land once he becomes a citizen. Also includes hand-drawn map of area near Sacramento, CA, bordered by the American, Cosmunes, and Sacramento Rivers, and includes Nueva Helvecia and Rufus, Sheldon, and Leidesdorff Ranchos.

mssHM 31549

Ledger, Bidwell's Bar, California

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