Society of California Pioneers

Atkins (Henry B.) Letters, 1901, 1901-1901

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Henry B. Atkins Letters, 1901, 1901-1901

Summary

Abstract:: A letter from Henry B. Atkins to members of the Society of California Pioneers in answer to a request for the story of his overland journey to California in 1849.
Extent:: 1 folder
Language:: Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:: Henry B. Atkins Letters, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers.

Background

Scope and content:

Includes original, handwritten letter, as well as a photocopy of the letter, which provides some details about Mr. Atkins six-month journey overland in 1849 from the Gulf of Mexico through the Colorado Desert to San Francisco and then to Sacramento in California.

Biographical / historical:

Henry Blatchford Atkins was born in New York City on August 25th 1816. He arrived in San Francisco in 1849 after a difficult six-month journey from the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Atkins died in 1901.

Date	Event
1901/1901	Henry B. Atkins Letters, 1901

Physical location:

Stored on-site at the Society of California Pioneers

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Pioneers -- California -- Biography
Overland journeys to the Pacific
California -- Biography
California, Northern
Names:: Atkins, Henry Blatchford (1816 - 1901)

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open by appointment for research.
Terms of access:: Property rights reside with The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to reproduce or publish must be submitted in writing to the Librarian.

Preferred citation:: Henry B. Atkins Letters, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers.

Location of this collection:: Society of California Pioneers

300 Fourth Street

San Francisco, CA 94107, US