02102cpcaa2200445 4500 mm 75015321 DLC 20260227111616.0 760420|||||||||||| eng mm 75015321 ms 77001503 DLC DLC dacs DLC N lcmd Cary, Thomas G. Thomas G. Cary papers, 1885. 4 items. 1 container. Open to research. Manuscript notebooks (circa 1885) concerning the history of California. Topics include Alta California during the Mexican War (1846-1848), discovery of gold at Sutter's Fort (1848), Union Pacific Railroad (1836-1869), trouble with Indians, San Francisco (1849-1850), San Francisco Vigilance Committees of 1851 and 1856, Chinese in California, clipper ships and trade with China, and discovery of silver in the Comstock Lode in Washoe (Nevada Territory). Includes letter (1885 September 22) from Cary to Ainsworth R. Spofford donating his notebooks to the Library of Congress. California pioneer who later returned to Cambridge, Mass. Collection material in English. Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Chinese California. Clipper ships. Indians of North America California. Mexican War, 1846-1848. Railroads California. Silver mines and mining Nevada. Vigilance committees California California Commerce China. California Gold discoveries. California History 1846-1850. China Commerce California. Comstock Lode (Nev.) History. San Francisco (Calif.) History. Sutter's Fort (Sacramento, Calif.) Pioneers. itoamc 39334 39334