This collection contains correspondence relating to California history from various sources, assembled under one collection for ease of access and use in USC Libraries Special Collections instruction. Collection items include a 1927 illustrated letter authored by Lee Stephen Remington (1869-1952), a factory manager from St. Paul, Minnesota, to a friend named Mr. Dow during a visit to Los Angeles. The collection also holds an 1850 letter written by T. R. Billings, a California gold seeker, to his wife, Elizabeth Billings, back home in New York. Billings' letter describes the hardships and financial troubles experienced by many who moved west during the California gold rush (1848-1855).

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