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- Creator:
- Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856
- Published / Created:
- 1853 July 14
- Call Number:
- ZZc67 St8 N82
- Collection Title:
- The Northern islander
- Image Count:
- 2
- Description:
- Available in photostatic copy made by State Historical Society of Wisconsin from only known file (Wingfield Watson file). Available on microfilm (made from Wingfield Watson file)., Copy 2 is negative photocopy., and Original copy mutilated: torn at bottom with significant loss of text.
- Publisher:
- Cooper & Chidester,
- Subject (Geographic):
- Michigan--History--1837-1950
- Subject (Topic):
- Mormons--Michigan--Beaver Island
- Collection Created:
- Michigan), [Mich.] :
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Northern islander
- Creator:
- Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856
- Published / Created:
- 1852 June 24
- Call Number:
- ZZc67 St8 N82
- Collection Title:
- The Northern islander
- Image Count:
- 4
- Description:
- Available in photostatic copy made by State Historical Society of Wisconsin from only known file (Wingfield Watson file). Available on microfilm (made from Wingfield Watson file).
- Publisher:
- Cooper & Chidester,
- Subject (Geographic):
- Michigan--History--1837-1950
- Subject (Topic):
- Mormons--Michigan--Beaver Island
- Collection Created:
- Michigan), [Mich.] :
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Northern islander
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- Creator:
- Bouvé, Ephraim W., 1817-1897
- Published / Created:
- [185-?]
- Call Number:
- 754gme 1850A
- Container / Volume:
- BRBL_00419
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Maps, Atlases & Globes
- Alternative Title:
- Map of the Alton and Springfield railroad, in Illinois
- Description:
- of Michigan.
- Publisher:
- E.W. Bouvé, lith.,
- Subject (Geographic):
- Illinois--Maps
- Subject (Name):
- Alton and Sangamon Rail Road Company
- Subject (Topic):
- Railroads--Illinois--Maps
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Map of the Alton & Springfield railroad, in Illinois : showing its connection with other roads and proposed roads leading to the eastern cities / lith. of E.W. Bouvé.
- Published / Created:
- 1852?]
- Call Number:
- 811gme 1852
- Container / Volume:
- BRBL_00554
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Maps, Atlases & Globes
- Alternative Title:
- Statement of the condition and prospects of the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad Company.
- Description:
- , Wisconsin, Michigan, New York; and parts of
- Publisher:
- Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Co.?,
- Subject (Name):
- Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Map of Michigan Southern, Northern Indiana and Chicago and Rock Island railroads : with their connections from Council Bluffs to New York / lith. by F. Michelin & Geo. Leefe.
- Creator:
- Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898
- Published / Created:
- 1853 October 20
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2648
- Collection Title:
- Clark family correspondence and financial documents concerning California
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 5
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Letters from Rodney Clark describe his emigration to California, 1858-1863, as well as opportunities for selling marble in California from his older brother's quarry in Connecticut., Letters from Warren Vester Clark to his brother include a request for Wilson to purchase Warren's passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama in March 1850, as well as his perceptions of California after his arrival and his poor health in August 1850. Other letters describe his canal and lumber operations in Calaveras County, as well as his legal and financial issues with Charles A. Candes over debts incurred in California and his disagreements with their brother, Rodney Clark. He also mentions their maternal relatives Burr Higgins and Sylvester Noyes Higgins of Erie County, Ohio, in relation to financial issues., and Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory notes, drafts, and receipts. Other correspondence includes an 1850 letter from William J. Smith that describes his ocean journey from New Haven, Connecticut, around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, 1849-1850.
- Description:
- Purchased from Edward J. Cohen on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2009. and The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to California in 1850 and worked as a water engineer, which included establishing the Clark Reservoir in Calaveras County. Wilson Hart Clark graduated from both Harvard College and the Yale Law School in 1845. On February 26, 1849, he married Julia Elizabeth Cable (born 1826). He practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, was a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the fourth district, 1859-1860, and a member of the New Haven Common Council, as well as owning a marble quarry. Rodney Clark worked as a sailor in Connecticut and was a miner and water collector in California.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Calaveras County (Calif.) and California--Social life and customs--19th century
- Subject (Name):
- Higgins, Burr
- Subject (Topic):
- Canals--California--Calaveras County, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Warren Vester Clark, Michigan Bar, California, to Burr Higgins, Sandusky, Ohio