Lucius Elderkin Shurtleff travel diary and related material. Vol.1: Diary. Vol.2: Receipts, excerpts.

1849-1852

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BANC MSS 2013/131

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English

The Bancroft Library

From first page: "Travels from New York to the Gold Region in California, by L.E. Shurtleff, North Easton, Washington Co., New York."

Lucius Elderkin Shurtleff (Dec. 16, 1822-Jan. 8, 1865) was born in Mechanicville, New York, traveled to California during the gold rush, and lived in Nevada City, California. He was a Union solider during the Civil War and died taking goods to the South.

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