Charles Frederick Winslow letter book.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winslow, Charles Frederick, 1811-1877, author.

Contributor:

California Historical Society, owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crescent City (Steamship).

Falcon (Ship).

Christianity.

Commerce.

Culture.

Deeds.

Enslaved persons.

Families.

Finance.

Gold.

Lumber.

Mines and mineral resources.

Missions.

Postal service.

Real property.

Religion.

Seafaring life.

Shipping.

Ships.

Steam.

Surveying.

Tariff.

Voyages and travels.

Wages.

Whaling.

California--San Francisco.

Massachusetts--Nantucket.

Mexico--San Blas.

Panama--Chagres.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Production:

[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1849-1873.

Summary:

Letter book with copies of 24 letters from Winslow to relatives and friends, 17 April - 19 October 1849, describing Winslow's journey from Nantucket to San Francisco via Panama. Includes detailed description of time spent in Panama, as well as several letters written after his arrival in San Francisco. Topics mentioned include whaling, wages, slavery, lumber, shipping, finance, and real estate. Several letters are to Winslow's wife, Lydia.

Notes:

AMDigital Reference: MS 2331

Collection: Charles Frederick Winslow Letter Book and Miscellany: 1849-1873

Title from publisher's website.

Winslow was a physician of Nantucket and Boston, Massachusetts, who went to San Francisco, California, during the Gold Rush. Letters beginning 4 May 1848 were published in the "California Historical Society Quarterly", Volume 29 (1950).Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the California Historical Society's North Baker Research Library catalogue.

Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).