Letter, 1880 May 23.

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Letter, 1880 May 23.

Letter from Leadville, Colo. to his wife tells about journey from Denver to Buena Vista (the "end of the railroad") and then on to Leadville, where he got a job at 2 1/2 dollars a day. Leadvile generally described as a "Dredfull wicked place" of saloons and gambling. However, he had attended a little Baptist church an felt he could "do without drink."

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