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Title: John Henry Lick Diary, 1856 - 1856
Dates: 1856 - 1856
Collection Size:
1 folder
Repository: The
Society of California Pioneers.
San Francisco, California 94107-1272
Abstract: This collection contains the diary of John Henry Lick in which he made infrequent daily entries from January 22, 1856 to
September 12, 1856.
Physical location: Stored on-site at the Society of California Pioneers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open by appointment for research.
Property rights reside with The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to reproduce or publish must be
submitted in writing to the Librarian.
John Henry Lick Diary, 1856 - 1856. The Society of California Pioneers.
Biography / Administrative History
John Henry Lick was born June 30, 1818 in Fredricksburg, Pennsylvania. The son of Pioneer James Lick, he arrived in California,
June 16, 1855 aboard the vessel "John L. Steaphen". He spent many years as a Notary Public in San Francisco and the Nevada
territory. He died October 2, 1891 in Lickdale, Pennsylvania.
| 1856/1856 | John Henry Lick Diary, 1856 - 1856 |
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists of the handwritten personal daily diary of John H. Lick kept during the period January 22, 1856 -
September 12, 1856. Of note is the entry for February 15, 1856, which describes an earthquake of some magnitude that took
place in San Francisco on that day. Many of the other entries give a general description of the type and quality of weather
on a particular day, whether it was sunny and warm, foggy, cloudy or raining. Some of the entries mention day trips that
the author made to Santa Clara or San Jose and on certain of these days he notes that he went fishing and what he caught.
Many pages of the diary contain no entries.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Pioneers - California
Lick, John Henry, 1818 - 1891
Earthquakes - San Francisco