A letter written by Nial Southard, a California pioneer and a native of New York State who arrived in San Francisco in 1852 and mined for gold near Sacramento.

Nial Southard (ca. 1820 - 1914), was a California pioneer and a native of New York State who arrived in San Francisco in 1852 and mined for gold near Sacramento. After leaving California in the mid-1850s, he moved to Michigan and raised seven children with his wife, Mary Taylor. On 14 December 1914, "Nial Southard, one of the oldest residents of the Tennessee Valley, died in Limestone County. Mr. Southard was 95 years and 5 months old and for thirty-seven years was a resident of this section, having moved here from Michigan in 1877." (Chattanooga Daily Times. 14 December 1914. P.3)

1 letter [2] pp., with integral blank docketed on verso in pencil.

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