Box 2
Container
Contains 36 Results:
Briggs and Crane: A Collection of Family Letters, a Gold Rush Diary, and Other Documents, 1849-1895, 2019
Item — Box: 2
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates:
2019
To sister from Abby Crane, 1849 - 1861
File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
9 letters from Abby Crane addressed to her sister. In a few of these letters, "Caroline" is specified as the recipient and one letter is addressed to "My dear Sister & Brother."
Dates:
1849 - 1861
To Abby Crane from Caroline Briggs, 1842-12-10
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates:
1842-12-10
To Abby Crane from [first name illegible] Church, 1847-07-28 - 1847-11-15
File — Box: 2, Folder: 15
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates:
1847-07-28 - 1847-11-15
To Caroline A. Crane from Levi L. Crane, 1852 - 1855
File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Four letters from Levi Crane to his daughter, Caroline.
Dates:
1852 - 1855
To various family members from Benjamin Bennett Briggs, 1862 - 1891
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
18 letters
Dates:
1862 - 1891
To various family members from Irene B. Ward, 1865 - 1892
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
11 letters, mostly addressed to "My dear Father." Other recipients include, "My dear Aunt and cousins" and "My dear Auntie."
Dates:
1865 - 1892
Samuel Lawrence Ward - letters to and from, 1873 - 1901
File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Six letters
Dates:
1873 - 1901
To Benjamin Bennett Briggs from Daniel Briggs, 1879-09-21
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates:
1879-09-21
To Irene B. Ward from Artemis B. Johnson, 1881-10-12
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates:
1881-10-12