California in 1851[-1852]
Subtitle: the letters of Dame Shirley
By: introduction and notes by Carl I. Wheat.
Contributors: Wheat, Carl I. 1892-1966.
Series: Rare Americana series -- nos. 5-6
Publisher: The Grabhorn Press
Published: 1933
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Subjects: California -- Description and travel.; California -- Gold discoveries.
Other titles: Letters of Dame Shirley
Work titles: Shirley letters
Notes: On cover: The Shirley letters.

Twenty-three letters written by Mrs. Louise Smith Clappe to her sister, Mary Jane, in Massachusetts, 1851-1852, in which she signed herself "Dame Shirley". They were originally published serially in "The Pioneer: or, California monthly magazine", January, 1854-December, 1855; published in book form in 1922 by T.C. Russell under title: The Shirley letters from California mines in 1851-52.

"References": vol. 1, p. [143]