Francis Effingham Pinto recollections

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{"value"=>"Francis Effingham Pinto recollections"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1894-1902", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1894/1902"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"The Francis Effingham Pinto recollections cover the period from 1823 to 1856, with discussion of Pinto's early life in New Haven, Connecticut and New York City; service as Lieutenant, 1st N.Y. Volunteers during the 1846 campaign in Mexico; travel to California in 1849, with events en route via Panama, and description of San Francisco, gold mines, trade, partnerships, marriage, fires, and The Vigilance Committee; and his return to New York via Nicaragua in 1856. The recollections were written between 1894 and 1902. Typed carbon copy, 212 pages with index"}

date_inclusive_start

1894

date_inclusive_end

1902

origination

{"value"=>"Pinto, Francis Effingham", "type"=>"persname"}

keydate

1894

prefercite

{"value"=>"Francis Effingham Pinto recollections, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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1.36 linear feet (7 volumes)

date_start

1894

date_end

1902

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