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1. Reports
- Published / Created:
- 1853 July 14
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2436
- Collection Title:
- San Francisco Custom House records
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 16
- Image Count:
- 6
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Description:
- Report concerns goods imported by Adelsdorfer & Co., San Francisco.
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Commerce.
- Subject (Name):
- Francisco, Calif.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Customs administration--California--San Francisco--History--19th century., Harbors--California--San Francisco--Port charges., and Shipping--California--San Francisco.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Reports
2. Letter: to My dearest Lou /by Mrs. M. J. Malthy, 1854 Apr 30.
- Creator:
- Malthy, M. J., Mrs.
- Published / Created:
- 1854 April 30
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-728
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Written on a pictorial lettersheet with a view of San Francisco in 1854 (Peters, California on Stone, No. 37), the letter tells about the city's cosmopolitan population and some of the entertainment found around the city, including a performance of Norma by Madame Bishop.
- Description:
- See Joseph Armstong Baird Jr.'s California's Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869, no. 239.
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and
- Subject (Name):
- Britton & Rey and Malthy, M. J.,--Mrs.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter: to My dearest Lou /by Mrs. M. J. Malthy, 1854 Apr 30.
3. Thomas Starr King papers
- Creator:
- King, Thomas Starr, 1824-1864
- Published / Created:
- 1854-1864
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-255 K587
- Image Count:
- 43
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 13 ALS from King, and a holograph autobiographical sketch (1 p.) with a note on the verso by James S. Loring dated Oct. 9, 1852, stating that the sketch is in King's hand. 10 ALS (45 p.) are to W. R. Alger (1854-1864), the last eight written from San Francisco. Other recipients include W. G. Bryan (Oct. 29, 1857), Mr. and Mrs. Corey (Jan. 1, 1850), and the "Chairman of Lecture Committee of M.L. Assoc'n" (Mar. 4, 1861) in San Francisco regarding a proposed lecture on Daniel Webster. The correspondence shows him a supporter of the Union cause.
- Description:
- Thomas Starr King (1824-1864), a Massachusetts minister, moved to San Francisco in 1858 to become pastor of a Unitarian church.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Subject (Name):
- Francisco, Calif.)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Thomas Starr King papers
4. Letters
- Creator:
- Van Slyke, William S., b. 1829
- Published / Created:
- 1852-1869
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1020 V364
- Image Count:
- 53
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- An account of his voyage from Pike, New York to California by way of Panama to work in the gold mines. When his health was failing, he took up farming of onions as a livelihood; he discovered this occupation had its hazards in the dry season. He did not marry, and decided that after seventeen years, he would remain in California.
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Ancient Order of Knighthood of the Ark (California), Northerner (Steamship), Van Slyke, David, Van Slyke, Martin, Van Slyke, Menso, Van Slyke, Norman, Van Slyke, Peter, Van Slyke, William S, and West Wind (Steamship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Agriculture--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters