Re: Julia Ellen Van Slyke 1844-
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Re: Julia Ellen Van Slyke 1844-
7/19/00
You may find your answers in the following special collections. I cannot access these and if you do, I would appreciate hearing from you as to their contents.
Author:Van Slyke, William S., b. 1829.
Title:Letters, 1852-1869.
Description:22 items (65 p.)
Notes:An account of his voyage from Pike, New York to California by way of Panama to work in the gold mines. Whenhis health was failing, he took up farming of onions as a livelihood; he discovered this occupation had itsthe dry season. He did not marry, and decided that after seventeen years, he would remain in California.William S. Van Slyke Letters. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Location:Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520.
Control No.:CTYAFGA2549-A