A letter from a gold miner, Placerville, California, October, 1850
By: with an introduction by Robert Glass Cleland.
Series: Occasional publications / Friends of the Huntington library; Occasional publications (Friends of the Huntington Library)
Publisher: Friends of the Huntington library
Published: 1944
Place of publication: San Marino, Calif
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- California.; California -- Gold discoveries.
Description: S. Shufelt, a resident of Windham, New York, sailed to California via Panama in May 1849. A letter from a gold miner (1944) prints Shufelt's letter from Placerville recounting his voyage and offering details of the everyday life of a gold prospector.
Notes: No known restrictions on publication. No copyright registration found.
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