Fairchild's account of life in California : carbon typescript, [ca. 1932?]

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Fairchild's account of life in California : carbon typescript, [ca. 1932?]

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Fairchild's account of life as a California gold miner, including a description of a hanging by the vigilance committee. Accompanied by a note signed Mary Fairchild Norris, July 1932, stating that the original account "probably written about 1885," was given to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

6 leaves.

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Norris, Mary Fairchild.

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Fairchild, Lucius, 1831-1896

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American soldier and diplomat; gov. of Wisconsin. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Madison, to W.W. Belknap, 1870 Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270524371 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Madison, to the President, 1884 Feb. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270524356 Lucius Fairchild, soldier and politician, was born in Ohio in 1831. At the age of 18 he set out for California to mine for gold. He spent six years in Califor...