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New England to Gold Rush California : the journal of Alfred and Chastina W. Rix, 1849-1854
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- Creator
- edited with commentary by Lynn A. Bonfield
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Norman, Okla. : Arthur H. Clark Co., 2011
- Physical Details
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- 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780870623929, 0870623923
- OCLC
- ocn650505666
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-380) and index.
- Biographies and wedding trip : July 29-August 16, 1849 -- Village life in Vermont at Peacham Corner : August 17-December 31, 1849 -- Married life, teaching, and politics : January 1-May 14, 1850 -- "Boarding ourselves" and ending Alfred's principalship : May 15-August 14, 1850 -- Studying law, preparing for baby, and catching gold fever : August 15-December 31, 1850 -- Practicing law and caring for baby and home : January 1-September 14, 1851 -- Alfred prepares for California : September 15-October 4, 1851 -- Chastina in Vermont and Alfred in California : October 5, 1851-August 22, 1852 -- Chastina prepares for California : August 22-November 16, 1852 -- Travels to California : recounting events of October 1851 to February 1853 -- The San Francisco years : May 12, 1853-April 23, 1854 -- Alfred's afterword : May 21, 1857
Subjects
- Rix, Alfred, 1822-1904 -- Diaries.
- Rix, Chastina W. (Chastina Walbridge), 1824-1857 -- Diaries.
- Vermont -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources.
- Vermont -- Biography.
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources.
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography.
- California -- Gold discoveries -- Sources.