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Guide to the Jonas Winchester Collection, 1829-1917
Part I: 329-334
Part II: 335-338
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Title: Jonas Winchester Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1829-1917
Box Number: Part I: 329-334
Part II: 335-338
Part II: 335-338
Creator:
Winchester, Jonas
Extent: 10 boxes
Repository:
California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
Unrestricted.
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[Identification of item], Jonas Winchester Collection, California State Library.
Gold mines and mining--California--Inyo County
Silver mines and mining--California--Inyo County
Journalism--History
Globe Gold and Silver Mining Co.
Pioneers--California
Correspondence, books, pictures, newspaper copies.
Jonas Winchester, was born November 129, 1810 in Marcellus, New York.. He came to California, arriving July, 1849. He was
part owner and editor of PACIFIC NEWS. In April of 1850, he was appointed State Printer by Governor Burnett. Before coming
to California he was in partnership with Horace Greeley. Winchester was a pioneer in quartz mining in Grass Valley, Caliofornia.
He was also involved in the Globe Gold and Silver Mining Company in Monitor, Inyo County, California. He died in Columbia,
Tuolumne County, California, February 23, 1887.
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
- Winchester, Jonas
- Audull [?], R. G.
- Bates, Morgan
- Blethen, J. Henry
- Britton, I. B. [?]
- Burnett, Peter H. (Peter Hardeman), 1807-1895
- Corbert, E. W.
- Crocker, E. B.
- Delano, Alonzo, 1806-1874
- Devoe, James
- Ewer, Ferdinand C. (Ferdinand Cartwright), 1826-1883
- Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892
- Gregory, D. L.
- Hartwell, Hannah
- Horsford, E. W.
- Howell, Joseph L.
- Kip, William Ingraham, 1811-1893
- Lea, Isaac C.
- Low, Frederick Ferdinand, 1828-1894
- Norcross, Daniel
- Park, Benjamin
- Parker, Mary W.
- S. M. A. L.
- Sargent, Epes
- Sherman, Hyde & Co.
- Snow, G. T.
- Sumner, Charles A. (Charles Allen), 1835-1903
- Sykes, J. I.
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877
- Williston, H. C.
- Winchester, Amelia
- Winchester, Cephas
- Winchester, Ebenezer
- Winchester, Francis W..
- Winchester, Herman
- Winchester, Samuel
- Winchester, Samuel B.
- Winchester, Susan
Material Transferred from the Collection
- Association of Territorial Pioneers. Constitution, by-laws, Nov. 10, 1874 (** c369 T32c)
- Independent Order of Foresters. Constitution, by-laws, no. 12, Grass Valley, 1868. (** c366.3 O22pa 4)
- A memorial to Horace Greeley. Pub. By Tribune Assn. N.Y. 1873 (To general collection)
- Winchester, Jonas. A western correspondent's scrapbook of clippings on mining, travel and other subjects.
- To Sample Newspaper file: Alpine County: Monitor the Alpine Miner, July 4, 1868.
- Photographs to Picture File.