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- Creator
- Valk, James S
- Call number
- MssCol 3120
- Physical description
- .04 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- James S. Valk diary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Diary kept by James S. Valk, 1836-1879. Describes his youth in Hanover, Germany; emigration to New York, and via Isthmus of Panama, to California; mining of gold and platinum at Gold Beach, Oregon; an 1856 Indian attack; slaying of Ben Wright; costs of provisions; Indian customs; and events in San Francisco. Two copies; the second has variations and is partly in the hand of the author
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Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328