Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880 to George W. Wright
Order a pdf of this item here.
Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03262 Author/Creator: Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880 Place Written: Doubling Gap Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 August 1866 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy
Apologizes for lapse in correspondence due to recent traveling through Pennsylvania. Discusses Pennsylvania's hot sulphur springs and compares them to those in California. Thanks Mrs. Wright for her dinner invitation and will be sure to dine with the Wrights once he returns to Washington. Sutter was a pioneer of California who was ruined by the famous discovery of gold at his mill in 1848. Wright was a businessman, inventor, and U.S. representative from California.
Citation Guidelines for Online Resources
The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.