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Lorin Pullen letters : Michigan Bar, Calif., to parents, Kingfield, Me., 1854-1863.
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Lorin Pullen letters: Michigan Bar, Calif., to parents, Kingfield, Me., 1854-1863Creator/Contributor:
Pullen, Lorin, creator, correspondent.Abstract:
Handwritten letters (5 letters, 15 p.) from a gold miner seeking his fortune in California to his parents in Maine. Three
of the letters are written from Michigan Bar, California. Two letters are addressed from Yankee Hill, California. He writes
of his trip to California via Nicaragua, the status of his mining claims, and operations. In the last letter (March 13, 1856)
he writes of his efforts to make his fortune, "doubtless you would like to know what has been the overall result so far? I
will answer you in one short sentence ... a succession of bitter disappointments." Also includes a handwritten list (1 p.)
of "Prices of provisions at Michigan Bar, Calif." and one envelope addressed to his father, Stephen Pullen, in Kingsfield
[i.e. Kingfield] Maine.
Handwritten letter (2 p. ; circa 1863), signed by A. Mason, of a man writing to his children of events and circumstances in
northwestern Minnesota. He writes that he plays the flute often and some clarinet too, has a boarder who plays the violin,
and can hear steamboat whistles from the Mississippi River seven miles away like they were a railroad station. He also writes
of "depridations [sic] " by Sioux Indians and notes the presence army troops and "Picketts Skirmishers" who "are getting ready
for a kind of annhilation or exterpating [sic] the whole race of the troublesome parts of the tribe ..." He expresses hope
for news of a Union victory soon at Vicksburg, [Mississippi] and disdain for the "damned rebels."
Date:
1854 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-me -- n-us-mnGold miners -- California -- Sacramento County
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Sacramento County
Voyages to the Pacific coast -- Personal narratives
Food prices -- California -- Placer County -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Indians of North America -- Minnesota
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Or -- Mines et extraction -- Californie -- Sacramento (Comté)
Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique -- Récits personnels
Aliments -- Prix -- Californie -- Placer -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Sources
Peuples autochtones -- Minnesota
Unionistes (Guerre de Sécession américaine)
Food prices
Gold miners
Gold mines and mining
Indians of North America
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Sioux Nation
Yankee Hill (Calif.)
Michigan Bar (Calif.)
Sacramento County (Calif.)
Minnesota
Kingfield (Me.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Minnesota
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Récits personnels
California -- Placer County
California -- Sacramento County
Maine -- Kingfield
Minnesota
Sioux Nation
United States
Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Pickett's Division.
Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Pickett's Division.
Pullen, Lorin -- Correspondence
Mason, A -- Correspondence
Mason, A -- correspondent.
Note:
Purchase; From Ten Pound Island Book Co.; 20090305.
Preferred citation: Lorin Pullen letters : Michigan Bar, Calif., to parents, Kingfield, Me.,1854-1863, BANC MSS 2010/36, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
History.Personal narratives.
Personal correspondence.
Sources.
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Physical Description:
print
1 folder.
Language:
English