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Fortunes are for the few : letters of a forty-niner / by Charles William Churchill ; edited by Duane A. Smith & David J. Weber.
- Title
- Fortunes are for the few : letters of a forty-niner / by Charles William Churchill ; edited by Duane A. Smith & David J. Weber.
- Author
- Churchill, Charles William, 1822-1855.
- Publication
- [San Diego] : San Diego Historical Society, 1977.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | F865 .C5524 1977 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 136 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Churchill's letters recorded his trip via Panama to California, daily life as a miner, his search in Mexico for gold, and his career as a merchant.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Records and correspondence
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 133-134.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Charles Churchill, 1822-1849 ("I am willing to go anyplace that money can be made") -- To California via Panama, 1849 ("It is time I was accumulating something") -- The forty-niner miner, 1849-1850 ("A good business provided you are successful") -- From California to Sonora for gold, 1851 ("A foolish expedition") -- The miner turns merchant, 1852-1855 ("I have quit mining") -- Epilogue ("The news fell like a thunderbolt") -- Appendices: A. The Churchill family ; B. Members of the 1851 Sonora expedition ; Charles Churchill's probate records.
- ISBN
- 0918740002 :
- LCCN
- ^^^77076134^
- OCLC
- 3480884
- SCSB-12325766
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library