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Lucius Fairchild, California Letters, 1849-55
Collection of letters written by a young prospector during the California Gold Rush
Description
With the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, California became the destination of choice in the 1850's for thousands of men and women seeking a piece of the gold rush. This database, another in a series provided by the Library of Congress, is a collection of letters written by one young prospector. Lucius Fairchild came to the state 1849, before his seventeenth birthday, and left before turning twenty-five. His letters illuminate the grueling and often exciting conditions in which miners lived during the early years of the rush. Intended to help researchers understand the broader culture in which their ancestors lived, this work can be helpful to those with Californian ancestors.
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Lewis and Elizabeth Stickney, Records of a Calfornia Family Collected letters and journal entries of an influential California family.
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Alonzo Delano, California Correspondence, 1849-52 Letters written by Alonzo Delano to a local newspaper in Ottawa, Illinois, 1849-1852
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James J. Ayers, Journalist, 1849-90 First hand account of conditions in California as written by a journalist between 1849 and 1890
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Walter Colton, Three Years in California, 1846-49 The 1846-1849 journal of Walter Colton, member of California's high society
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Felix Wierzbicki, California Guidebook, 1849 A straightforward guide book to California's 1849 gold fields
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Lell Woolley, Sixty-four Years in California Anecdotal reminiscences by a Vermont native who moved to California in 1849
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Edward G. Buffum, Three Years in California, 1847-49 Journal of Edward Gould while he lived in California between 1847 and 1849
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Dr. William McCollum, Trips to California, 1849-50 Narrative of the experiences of a physician in California, 1849-1850
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Samuel McNeil, Trip to California, 1849 Narrative of the travels of an Ohio shoemaker who came to California in 1849
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William Shaw, Trip from Australia to California, 1849 Narrative describing the travels of an Englishman from Australia to the gold fields of California, 1849
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