For friends at home
Subtitle: a Scottish emigrant's letters from Canada, California, and the Cariboo, 1844-1864
By: edited by Richard Arthur Preston.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Thomson, James, 1823-1895 -- Correspondence; Thomson, James, 1823-1895; Scottish Americans -- Correspondence; Canada -- Description and travel; California -- Gold discoveries; Cariboo District -- Gold discoveries; Scotland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Consists primarily of a diary and letters written by J. Thomson; also includes letters written to him or about him.