Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Empty envelopes addressed to Mr. S. Paull Ward, Edward D. Young, Irene B. Ward, Annie Y. Ward, and Annie M. Wade, 1883 - 1951
File — Box: 2, Folder: 16
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:
1883 - 1951