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Marshall Find, 1941

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 778
Image of Marshall Find
Image of Marshall Find

Dates

  • Other: 1941

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research. Photographs kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the William Henry Jackson papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Extent

1 painting : color ; 19 x 29 cm

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

Folder-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1608.xml

General note

Colored plate of a Western scene published in Westward America by H .R. Driggs.

General note

Caption in item: "In a mill race dug by Sutter's workmen, James Marshall, the foreman picked up gold that set thousands rushing for this Western Eldorado. A diary, kept by Henry Bigler, one of the Mormon Battalion men at the scene, sets January 24,1848 as

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Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

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