John App diary, 1850.

1850

John App diaries

BANC MSS 2012/209, Box 1

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English

The Bancroft Library

John App (1821-1898) was born in Pekin, Illinois. In 1850 he emigrated to California to search for gold. The App Mine in Tuolumne County, California, which he discovered, is named after him. He married Leanna Charity Donner in Sacramento City, California on Sept. 26, 1852. Leanna Charity Donner was one of the survivors of the Donner Party tragedy.

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