Scope and Contents
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Existence and Location of Originals
Preferred Citation
Biographical / Historical
Scope and Contents
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Title: Mr. and Mrs. Milo J. Goss Letters.
creator:
Goss, Catherine Clark Everett, 1818-1898
creator:
Goss, Milo Jasper, 1816-1856
Identifier/Call Number: C057978
Physical Description:
1 folder
1 typescript (124 pages)
1 typescript (63 pages)
Date (inclusive): Circa 1850 - 1852
Abstract: This folder contains a complied book of letters from the life of Milo Jasper Goss and Catherine Clark Everett Goss. Presented
to The Society of California Pioneers in 1971 by their great granddaughter Mary Eldrige Fowler. The Letters of Milo Jasper
Goss (1816-1856) and Catherine Clark Everett Goss (1818-1898)and were written between the years 1850-1851.
The box includes typewritten transcripts of the letters of Milo Jasper Goss and his wife, Catherine Clark Everett Goss, during
his travel via Panama and his stay there in 1850 and 1851. Catherine remained in Kalamazoo, MI during this time. He arrived
in San Francisco in June 1850 and went directly to the mines (Oak Bar on the Yuba River). In January of 1851 he returned to
Sacramento to take up the mercantile business. He travelled back and forth between Sacramento and San Francisco, settling
in San Francisco in the winter of 1851. The letters describe business and life in San Francisco. The last letter is dated
May 1 1852. the letters where written while he was in California During the Gold Rush, 1849-1853.
Scope and Contents
This folder contains a complied book of letters from the life of Milo Jasper Goss and Catherine Clark Everett Goss. Presented
to The Society of California Pioneers in 1971 by their great granddaughter Mary Eldrige Fowler. The Letters of Milo Jasper
Goss (1816-1856) and Catherine Clark Everett Goss (1818-1898) in were written between the years 1850-1851.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The copies of the letters were presented to The Society of California Pioneers in 1971 by their great granddaughter Mary Eldrige
Fowler.
Existence and Location of Originals
The Society of California Pioneers, 101 Montgomery St. Suite 150, The Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco CA, 94129
Preferred Citation
The Mr. and Mrs. Milo J. Goss Letters. The Society of California Pioneers.
Biographical / Historical
The box includes typewritten transcripts of the letters of Milo Jasper Goss and his wife, Catherine Clark Everett Goss, during
his travel via Panama and his stay there in 1850 and 1851. Catherine remained in Kalamazoo, MI during this time. He arrived
in San Francisco in June 1850 and went directly to the mines (Oak Bar on the Yuba River). In January of 1851 he returned to
Sacramento to take up the mercantile business. He travelled back and forth between Sacramento and San Francisco, settling
in San Francisco in the winter of 1851. The letters describe business and life in San Francisco. The last letter is dated
May 1 1852. the letters where written while he was in California During the Gold Rush, 1849-1853.
Scope and Contents
The box includes typewritten transcripts of the letters of Milo Jasper Goss and his wife, Catherine Clark Everett Goss, during
his travel via Panama and his stay there in 1850 and 1851. Catherine remained in Kalamazoo, MI during this time. He arrived
in San Francisco in June 1850 and went directly to the mines (Oak Bar on the Yuba River). In January of 1851 he returned to
Sacramento to take up the mercantile business. He travelled back and forth between Sacramento and San Francisco, settling
in San Francisco in the winter of 1851. The letters describe business and life in San Francisco. The last letter is dated
May 1 1852. the letters where written while he was in California During the Gold Rush, 1849-1853.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Frontier and pioneer life – California
Pioneers -- California -- History -- 19th century
Women pioneers
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) -- Description and travel.
Goss, Catherine Clark Everett, 1818-1898
Goss, Milo Jasper, 1816-1856