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The Shirley letters from California mines in 1851-52 : being a series of twenty-three letters from Dame Shirley (Mrs. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) to her sister in Massachusetts, and now reprinted from the Pioneer magazine of 1854-55 / with synopses of the letters, a foreword, and many typographical and other corrections and emendations by Thomas C. Russell ; together with "An appreciation" by Mrs. M.V.T. Lawrence ; illustrated.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shirley, Dame, 1819-1906, author.
- Series:
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shirley, Dame, 1819-1906.
- California--Description and travel.
- California.
- California--Gold discoveries.
- Gold mines and mining.
- Ethnic groups--California.
- Ethnic groups.
- Women--California.
- Women.
- Urbanization--California.
- Urbanization.
- Real estate development--California.
- Real estate development.
- Law--Political aspects--California.
- Law.
- Law--Political aspects.
- Shirley, Dame, 1819-1906--Correspondence.
- Shirley.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (l, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
- Manufacture:
- San Francisco : Thomas C. Russell, 1922.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1922]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Educated in Amherst, Massachusetts, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe (1819-1906) accompanied her physician-husband to California in 1849. The couple first lived in mining camps where Dr. Clappe practiced medicine and then moved to San Francisco, where Mrs. Clappe taught in the public schools for more than twenty years. The Shirley letters (1922) is the book edition of a series of letters written by Mrs. Clappe to her sister in 1851 and 1852. They were first published under the pseudonym of "Dame Shirley" in the Pioneer magazine, 1854-55. In these letters Louise Clappe writes of life in San Francisco and the Feather River mining communities of Rich Bar and Indian Bar. She focuses on the experiences of women and children, the perils of miners' work, crime and punishment, and relations with native Hispanic residents and Native Americans. Bret Harte is said to have based two of his stories on the "Shirley" letters.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the original from the Primary Source Media.
- No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.
- Local Notes:
- No. 211 of a limited edition of 450 numbered and signed copies.
- OCLC:
- 847807493
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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