THE BANCROFT LIBRARY
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 94720
May 31, 1979
Mr. Frank S. Halsey
2630 Saklan Indian Drive No. 3
Walnut Creek, California 94595
Dear Mr. Halsey:
Please accept my sincere thanks, on behalf of The Bancroft Library, for the gift of the diary and journal kept by your grandfather , Isaac Sherwood Halsey. The diary, in which he recorded his voyage to California around the Horn in 1849 and his experiences mining, and the journal, in which he copied part of the diary and maintained a record of his mining activities, form outstanding additions to our collection of gold rush materials, and we are grateful, indeed, that you made the decision to place them here, in addition to the transcript which you had given us earlier. I know how hard it was to part with the treasured originals!
I am so pleased, too, that you were able to come to the Library, and that I had the opportunity to meet you and Mrs. Halsey.
We will take care of making photocopies of those pages you designated, and I will give you a call when they are ready.
With renewed thanks and best wishes,
Sincerely,
(Miss) Estelle Rebec
Head, Manuscripts Division
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