Letters on travels to/from California
Dublin Core
Title
Letters on travels to/from California
Description
Letters documenting the traveling to/from/in California
Creator
Bryanne Cross
Format
Letters
Language
English
Collection Items
California letters of Lucius Fairchild,
Lucius Fairchild (1831-1896) left Madison, Wisconsin, for California in 1849 and remained in the West until 1858. On his return to Wisconsin, Fairchild carved out a remarkable career as a soldier-politician: serving in a Wisconsin regiment in the…
A Yankee trader in the gold rush; the letters of Franklin A. Buck,
A native of Maine, Franklin Agustus Buck (1826-1909) was working in New York City when he heard of the gold strikes and set out for California in January 1849. A Yankee trader in the gold rush (1930) contains Buck's letters to his sister in Maine.…