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A. C. Freeman
Abraham Clark Freeman wrote a four-page letter addressed to “Dear Wife”, dated Sunday, September 4, 1870. The letter is written on letterhead “State of California, Legislative Department, Eighteenth Session, Assembly Chamber” with State Seal. Abraham was born in Hancock County, Illinois, May 15,...
Amos Beebe Eaton
Four-page letter from A. B. (Amos Beebe) Eaton writing from San Francisco to his son, Daniel Cady Eaton, in Troy, New York, dated November 15, 1852. On November 15, 1852, Amos Beebe Eaton is writing to his son, Daniel Cady Eaton, who has returned to the family home in Troy, New York, to study at...
Articles of Agreement for Gold Mining
Two proposals documenting articles of agreement between financiers and prospective gold miners. The financiers agree to finance the would-be miners in return for a share of the profits from their mining activities once they reach the California gold fields. Neither document appears to be signed...
Benjamin A. Watson, Gold Rush Letters, 1849-1851
This collection consists of letters written between Benjamin and his wife, Emily while Benjamin was in California mining for gold. Please note that historical materials in the Gold Rush Collections may include viewpoints and values that are not consistent with the values of the California...
Bisbee Family
This collection contains seven letters from Pine Grove, Sierra County, dated from December 21, 1854, to December 29, 1865, addressed to the Solomon Bisbee family in Sumner, Maine and written by members of the family corresponding about the ongoings in each other’s lives. This last letter has an...
Bullock Family
Three letters from Melvin in Downieville, California to his mother and sisters in Michigan dated May 29, 1858, Aug. 27, 1861 and January 28, 1863. Two letters from Martin: one from Sacramento dated Oct. 18, 1856 and the second from Searsville, San Mateo County dated Feb. 17, 1864. Also included...
Bushnell Family Papers
There are nineteen items in the Bushnell family papers, dating from 1848 through 1860. The Gold Rush correspondence (1852-1857) includes nine letters from family members in California writing home to Westport, Connecticut. One letter is on a pictorial letter sheet depicting the 1853 flood in...
California Miners' Correspondence, 1850-1855.
This collection contains twenty-six letters sent from Mark Wooster in Sonoma, California, to friends back in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. ** Please note that historical materials may include viewpoints and values that are not consistent with the values of the California State...
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Charles C. Newton
Two letters, one dated Feb. 20, 1853, and sent to "My Dear Sister" (Mrs. Amelia Bailey, New York City) from Charles C. Newton. The second letter is dated Dec. 1, 1853, and sent from "Steep Hollow Creek, Up Cal", to "My dearest Sister" (Mrs. H.R. (Sara Jane) Worthington, Brooklyn, Long Island)...
Cyrus Richmond
In this collection of letters Cyrus Richmond writes to his family in Maine, about his business dealings in California during the Gold Rush. He details his first impressions of life in San Francisco and the impact of gold mining. **Please note that historical materials in the Gold Rush...