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Engle, Jacob Pete

 Person

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Jacob Peter Engle letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311497]
Identifier: MSS SC 1363
Scope and Contents

Typed transcript of letters written by Engle while voyaging to California in 1853. The letters are addressed to family members and describe Engles' voyage by sea to Panama, the crossing of the isthmus there, his voyage by sea to California, and life in San Francisco and the nearby mining communities.

Dates: 1853
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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