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Charles W. Leach correspondence, 1898.
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Charles W. Leach correspondence, 1898Creator/Contributor:
Leach, Charles W., creator, creator.Abstract:
Group of thirty-seven autograph letters, signed, from prospector and cook, Charles W. Leach, to his wife and son as he hunted
for gold during the Klondike Gold Rush on the Copper River near Port Valdez, Alaska, with extensive descriptions of the difficulties
in acquirÂing and preparing food in the mining region. Various places, including San Francisco and Seattle, but mostly Port
Valdez, Alaska.
Date:
1898 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caGold mines and mining -- Alaska
Gold mines and mining -- Yukon
Miners -- Alaska
Miners -- Yukon
Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries
Valdez, Port (Alaska)
Copper River (Alaska)
Leach, Charles W -- Archives
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Purchase from William Reese, Bookseller; 2023.
Charles W. Leach correspondence, BANC MSS 2023/230, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
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English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.