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Title: Dorothea Torrey letter
Creator: Torrey, Dorothea
Contributor: Torrey, Dorothea
Date Created and/or Issued: 1906 Apr. 21
1906-04-21
Publication Information: CaliforniaHistoricalSociety, North Baker Research Library, 678 Mission Street,San Francisco, CA 94105-4014; http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/collections/northbaker_research.html
Contributing Institution: California Historical Society
Collection: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection: Selections from the California Historical Society
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Letter written from home three days after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, discussing family news and business, including losses and items saved from the burning of the family store in San Francisco.
Mentions San Francisco being under quarantine, and rumors of outbreaks of diptheria, scarlet fever, and smallpox. Also describes living conditions in Berkeley, including presence of refugees.
Type: text
Form/Genre: Letters
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb9779p3qw
MS 3510
Subject: Earthquakes--California--Berkeley
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco
Fires--California--San Francisco
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906
Women--California--Berkeley--Correspondence

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