Tufly became State Treasurer of Nevada, president of Carson Savings Bank, and owner of the St. Charles Hotel in Carson City. These two letters, in German, relate to his life in California before coming to Nevada. One to a brother in Germany, Mount Pleasant Ranch, April 10, 1855, written on an illustrated lettersheet, "Crossing the Plains," discusses hard times in the diggings. The other, written by his sister from Galena House, Yuba County, California, April 25, 1855, on an illustrated lettersheet, "Miner's Life," discusses property in the Marysville area.
