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Title
[Knight letter to his family about 1868 earthquake]
Creator
Knight, William Henry, 1835-1925
Contributor
Knight, William Henry, 1835-1925
Date Created and/or Issued
25 October 1868
1868-10-25
Publication Information
TheBancroftLibrary, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection: Selections from the Bancroft Library
Rights Information
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Description
Describes experiences during the 1868 San Francisco earthquake.
Type
text
Form/Genre
Letters
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb6r29p1h5
BANC MSS 76/116 c: letter
Subject
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
Fires--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1868

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