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Author/Creator:Christman, Enos, 1828-1912.
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Title:Journals and correspondence, 1849-1896.
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Physical Description:1 box.
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Notes:Accompanied by a complete list of the correspondents.
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Summary:Enos Christman's journals describe his 1849 sea voyage around the Horn from Philadelphia to San Francisco, his work in the gold fields and for the Sonora Herald. Pasted into the back of one journal are newspaper clippings of Christman's letters to Pennsylvania newspapers from his vacations in southern California, dated 1891-1896. There is correspondence between Christman and his fianceĢe Ellen A. Apple, his patron Henry S. Evans, his companion DeWitt Clinton Atkins, his friend Enos Prizer, and others.
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Publications:Christman, Enos. One Man's Gold. London: Whittlesey House, 1931.
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Cite as:Enos Christman Journals and Correspondence. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Subjects:Apple, Ellen A.
Atkins, DeWitt Clinton.
Christman, Enos, 1828-1912.
Evans, Henry S.
Prizer, Enos.
Sonora Herald (1850)
Frontier and pioneer life--California.
Gold mines and mining--California.
Journalism--California.
Voyages to the Pacific coast.
California--Description and travel.
California--Gold discoveries.
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Genre/Form:Diaries--United States.
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Occupation:Gold miners California.
Journalists California.
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