Portraits of 49ers photograph album

Item Information

Title:
Portraits of 49ers photograph album
Description:
Photo album - Purple velvet cover, floral design, clasp missing Forty-niners - Portraits of 49-ers from New England with names and locations listed. Note attached reads: "album of photographs of men who went to California in 1849, most of whom went 'overland'" Names of locals to Arlington tagged in people. Complete list of names and locations: Samuel Snow, President Solomon Rowe, Esqr. Vice President George Y. Spurr, Secty James H. Bennet Treasurer Henry L. Lawrence - died January 1st. 1900 Stephen A. Cornell John Adams Esqr. Shirley A. Elsbree Albert C? Litcomb? Esqur Died December 14, 1899 Mrs. Mary Sinclair Davis Alexis Torrey? Esqr. Benjamin F. Griggs Esqr. Nathan Hunnewell, Malden Charles F. McClure - city. George P. Rust Gloucester George H. Stickney Salem (photo missing) Reuben E. Carpenter So. Framingham - Died Feby 3 1899 James Snow, Somerville died July 15 1894 Samuel Gilson Waltham, Mass Charles F. Gifford Chicago Gen John C. Fremont - New York City - died July 13, 1890 (photo missing) Francis D. Clark - New York City - died July 15 1899 Edwin Litchfield - city Geor W.T. SHerman (photo missing) Newton S. Ingalls Cambridgeport, Mass William Whytal - Arlington Thomas Erskine Everett, Mass J. Benjamin Howe - Petersham David A. Hogdgon - Waltham Silas B. Osgood - Portland, Maine James O. Draper - Pawtucket R.I. - Died Oct 14, 1891 Augustus A. Dole - Malden Mass James A. Grant - Concord Junction - died April 5, 18++ James Jackson, Lynnfield - died January 29, 1894 Isaac B. Kirby Sr. Providenc, RI J. C. Eddy - Fall River - died Sept 14, 1896 Edward S. Kitteredge, Boston Mass Noah P. Burgess - Portland, ME - died May 21, 1899 Rev. William MIller - Swansea, Mass Albert S. Southworth - Charlestown, mass. Samuel T. Manson - East Boston, Mass William W. Stickney - Dorchester, Mass - Died January 6, 1894 Robert Bragg, Esqr? San Francisco, California William M? Fludder? Newport, R.I. - died May 9, 1892 Stephen B. Peach? Marblehead Capt. W. Cranston Taylor Pres. C.V.S. Gibbs - San Francisco, Cal. John D. Spear - Secretar, San francisco Loose photo with "John W. Russell - Ship Henry Lee" on back William Brown Wilbur - So. Boston Hon. Cornelius Colidge, Hillsboro, N.H. - died June 4th 1894 Morton Alger, Brockton, Mass Thaddeus W. Hyde - Oxford, Mass - died Oct 27th 1895 George W. Slade - Fall River, Mass Capt. William Chatfield - Newton, Mass Joseph S. Brown - Swampscott, Mass William Rowell - Swampscott, Mass. - Died Oct 3, 1897 Capt. John Cole, Marblehead Simon B. Corliss, Randolph Capt Albert Winslow - Fall River John W. Russell, Springfield Henry F. Daly - New York City John Fiske, Billerica, Mass Sylvander J. Upton - Chelsea, Mass - Died August 4, 1895 Henry L. Putnam - Malden, Mass Charles W. Meacham - Nevada Marchal Russell - Brookline - Died October 5th, 1899 W.L. Manly (clipping of info on his biography describing journey and suffering of Company in Death Valley) Jerome Dwelley M.D. Fall RIver Francis Amory Spurr - born Feb 1st 1895 (no photo) John Rogers, Merced Cal - Company of W.L. Manly of "Death Valley" fame Richard Chenery, Belfast, Maine Lafayette Allen - OakHill Florida Albert W. Gale - Concord, N.H. Rosiah A. Richmond - Shelburne Falls, Mass Henry M. Chase - Barnstable, Mass died November 18, 1899 Warren Fletcher - Dorchester, Mass Jonathan Salisbury - Easty Weymouth, Mass. - Died March 21, 1899 Joseph Holmes - MIlton, Mass - died August 2nd 1900 Capt. G. Goffe? Phipps - New Haven, Conn. Robert Parkin - Boston, Mass. William McMurphy, Epsom, N.H. Captain John A. Perry - Seekonk, Mass Alfred Bicknell - Boston, Mass - Secy Mass Mechanical Charitable Association Samuel Kingsbury - Belfast Maine - Overland Joseph Prescott Blake - Haverhill Mass Leonard A. Saville - Lexington, Mass Charles L. Badger Last no identification, photo studio in FItchburg
Format:
Albums/Scrapbooks
Genre:
Album, Photograph
Location:
Arlington Historical Society
Collection (local):
Arlington Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Gold
Gold miners
Gold mining
Gold rushes
Whytal, William
Lawrence, Henry
Taylor, Warren C.
Russell, John*
Cole, John
Fletcher, Warren
Holmes, Joseph Crowell
Southworth, Albert S.
Lawrence, Henry L
49ers
California
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Identifier:
1914.14.1
5511AABE-1CCC-4913-8257-185184997605