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Richard Smith letters : Downieville, Calif., to father Richard R. Smith, Bath, Me. : ALS, circa 1852.
BANC MSS 2003/85 cLOCAL
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Richard Smith letters: Downieville, Calif., to father Richard R. Smith, Bath, Me. : ALS, circa 1852Creator/Contributor:
Smith, Richard., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Smith, Richard R.Abstract:
Contains 2 letters of a miner's account of prices, conditions, lack of mail, large numbers of people coming to California
for gold, and his eventual success while working a claim of another miner.
Date:
1852 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caGold miners -- California -- Sierra County
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Sierra County
Gold miners
Gold mines and mining
California -- History -- 1846-1850
Californie -- Histoire -- 1846-1850
California
California -- Sierra County
Note:
Transcription available for August 29 letter.
Purchase; From James Smalldon Americana; in 2003 and 2006.
In English.
Type:
History.Physical Description:
print
1 folder.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2003/85 cLOCAL