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Joseph and Henry Bennett Papers, 1849-1923 A&M 1731

Joseph and Henry Bennett Papers, 1849-1923 A&M 1731


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1731
Title
Joseph and Henry Bennett Papers 1849-1923
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198608
Quantity
0.1 Linear Feet, Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)
Creator
Bennett, Joseph and Henry
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Letters of Henry and Joseph Bennett concerning travel by sea from New York to Chagres, Panama, overland across Panama and by ship to San Francisco in 1851. Letters from California, 1852-1853, discuss arrival of immigrants; employment conditions and wages; gambling and social life in San Francisco; investment opportunities; conditions in the gold mines; travel by steamboat to Hangtown (Placerville); churches; crime; Indians; mining profits; cost of land; ranching; blacksmith and plough shop in Santa Clara; digging a canal to take water from the American River to supply Hangtown, Coon Hollow, and Gold Hill; and Webber Run. Two letters by Joseph Bennett from Australia in l853 comment on mining, living conditions, profits of mining, and criminals sent from Great Britain. There is one 1849 letter to Samuel Bennett from relatives in Sheffield, England. There are several items of Jacobs family correspondence, 1880-1923, concerning family affairs, schools, economic conditions in Jackson County, and Monongalia County taxes in 1907.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Joseph and Henry Bennett Papers, A&M 1731, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Australia
  • Bennett, Henry.
  • Bennett, Joseph.
  • Blacksmithing
  • California
  • California -- Gold discoveries
  • Church buildings
  • Education
  • England
  • Genealogy
  • Indians of North America
  • Jackson County (W. Va.)
  • Land.
  • Mining. SEE ALSO Coal mining.
  • Monongalia County (W. Va.)
  • Morgantown (W. Va.)
  • Panama
  • San Francisco (Calif.)
  • Schools. SEE ALSO Academies
  • Steamboats
  • Taxation

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Bennett, Henry.
  • Bennett, Joseph and Henry
  • Bennett, Joseph.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Australia
  • California
  • California -- Gold discoveries
  • England
  • Jackson County (W. Va.)
  • Monongalia County (W. Va.)
  • Morgantown (W. Va.)
  • Panama
  • San Francisco (Calif.)
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