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Map of proposed wharf of John P. Stearns
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A. J. Markley letter to Charles Stearns
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Markley expresses his condolences for the death of Chancey E. Stearns, who was Charles' brother. He writes of Chancey's recent visit to Somersville in Contra Costa County, where he met his death due to illness. He was a cook at a local hotel. Chancey's possessions will be forwarded to Charles. With photocopy of front side of envelope.
mssHM 21309
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Isaac Sparks letter to Abel Stearns
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Letter from Isaac Sparks to Abel Stearns in which Sparks asks Stearns to pay Maria S. Navaro $12-15 per month until he hears from Sparks again. He also writes that he has settled an account with A.B. Thompson.
mssHM 73668
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Map of Stearns Rancho and other ranchos in Los Angeles County
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mssHM 84439
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Proposed turnpike between Oroville and Woodville map
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Map of proposed turnpike between Oroville and Woodville, California. The map is undated.
mssHM 84244
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J. Barker letters to Kirk Barker
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These two letters were written by J. Barker to his brother, Kirk, describing his search for gold in Australia and South America. In the first letter, HM 16535, dated 1853, March 13, J. Barker is in Melbourne, Australia, after a one hundred and ten day voyage. He writes that the prices of everything, including gold, is much higher in Australia, and says there is "plenty of gold to be had but the state of society is awful." In Melbourne, he writes "robery and murder is of comon occurrence" and yet he is "determined not to leave here without making something." The second letter, HM 16536, is dated 1853, October 11 and 14. J. Barker is on board the ship Lady Juliana, about to land in San Francisco, California. He is glad to be out of Australia, and laments that so many miners left good claims in California to travel to Australia. He has received no letters from home, despite having sent six himself. He has heard that gold has been discovered in South America, and he plans to depart for the Amazon River to search for himself.
mssHM 16535-16536