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1852 Gold Rush letter from a French miner in Calaveras

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1852 Gold Rush letter from a French miner in Calaveras

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Heading: (California Gold Rush, 1852 – French miner, Calaveras)
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Title: Scarce 1852 letter from a French miner in Calaveras County
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E.LeBras. Autograph Letter Signed (French text). "Marys Creek, Placer de San Andres [San Andreas, Calaveras County], Aug. 19, 1852. 3pp.+stampless address leaf, postmarked Stockton and Calais, sent "via Panama". To his uncle, M.Aumaitre, a Navy shipping agent at Brest.

A letter of more than 1200 words from a young French prospector, explaining in elementary detail his work and living conditions in the California gold fields.

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1852 Gold Rush letter from a French miner in Calaveras

Name: 1852 Gold Rush letter from a French miner in Calaveras
SKU: 36596648
Price: 400 USD
Availability: InStock

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