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Title: Letter : camp of Mr. Grey, near San Diego
Creator: Howe, J. Benjamin
Date Created and/or Issued: 1849 September 3
Contributing Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: San Diego History
Rights Information: Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description: Holograph letter addressed "Dear friends", in which Howe describes his journey from Acapulco to San Diego by ship and on foot, working conditions as a cook at Mr. Grey's camp, the whereabouts of various named ships, and how and when he hopes to get to the gold diggings. Incorporates two long poems, one entitled "Pacific Hymn."
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
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San Diego
Type: text
Format: 3 sheets (4 pages) ; 26 cm
Identifier: ark:/20775/bb2017807w
Language: English
Subject: Voyages to the Pacific coast
Gold mines and mining
California
Howe, J. Benjamin
Place: California

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