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Adams & Co Bank note $200

GLC09234.21

Adams & Co Bank note $400

GLC09234.22

Adams & Co Bank note $200

GLC09234.23

Adams & Co Bank note $328.38

GLC09234.24

Account Book

Baxter's descriptive business ledger, dating from June 1850 through October 1852. . The main part of this 296 page ledger is a daily account of sales in the store, nothing what was purchased and the price. At the end are several pages listing the...

GLC09234.25

to: his father.

Detailed experiences of working on a ship, his life as a 'forty-niner,' panning for gold in California.

GLC07164.01

to: Carrie (p 1-2) and Brother (p3).

His experiences and lifestyle in California, and how he cannot wait to go back to mining, once the winter is over. He lists inflation as a key issue, with costs riding so high that earning $32 per day is not enough to live comfortably.

GLC07164.03

to: father

Explicit details of his life are passed along to his father. He discusses the dreariness of the rainy season (a time in which one cannot go mining) and the sale of a boat owned by Alfred.

GLC07164.04

to: sister.

Relays his fears that, due to lack of received letters, his father has forgotten him. Alfred describes his life and requests that no letters be written to him.

GLC07164.05

to: brother James.

Describes his life to James, relaying his fears of attacks by Indians. Requests news of life back east.

GLC07164.06

to: Cousin Carrie.

Life in Grass Valley, includes a request for information about the family back East. Included in the letter was a folded sheet of paper which included several fragments of panned gold.

GLC07164.07

to his parents, [brother-in-law], and sister

Thanks his family for the gift of "goodies" he received for Christmas and hopes that he will be able to share Christmas with them after the war is over. Writes that he is very proud of his nephew Welly (Wellington Spohn) and expects to receive a...

GLC07460.066

"Hutchings' California Scenes - Methods of Mining"

One printing entitled, "Hutchings' California Scenes - Methods of Mining," published in 1855. Contains illustrations and information on various methods of mining; sinking a shaft, canals, hydraulic telegraph, sluicing, hydraulic washing, the...

GLC09830

to Clara M. Miller

Found his dog. Sold his dogs for $150 (a $20 loss). He misses them.

GLC05755.069

to: his sister.

His life experiences as a miner, and a businessman, and his hardships due to flooding. He expresses his hopes to receive family news.

GLC07164.02