George Kenyon Fitch letter : Auburn Dry Diggins, Calif., to his brother J.W. Fitch : ALS, 1849 Nov. 19.

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George Kenyon Fitch letter : Auburn Dry Diggins, Calif., to his brother J.W. Fitch : ALS, 1849 Nov. 19.

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Letter of eight pages to J.W. Fitch in Olmstead, Cuyahoga County, Ohio describes improvements made by George K. Fitch and his partners to a small mining cabin, the nearby town of Auburn City, and the accommodations and stores therein, including prices for staple goods. Fitch details the quantity and value of gold found by himself and his partners, Rev. Gilbert C. Weld and Mr. John Berg, in the past seven weeks. Fitch copies an excerpt from his diary dating Nov. 3rd to Nov. 19th which focuses on the day to day weather and gold digging, but also mention political activities such as the California general election on Nov. 13th. Fitch goes on to describe his anticipation of the arrival of a printing press and paper, and his plans for starting a newspaper. He addresses the expectations of those miners who had come to California seeking quick wealth, and his resolve to be content with gradual earnings. He advises his family at home to not follow him to California at the present time. Typed transcription also included.

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Fitch, J. W.

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Greenville, Illinois, resident. From the description of Letter : Greenville, [Ill.], to Geo[rge] T.M. Davis, Alton, Ill., 1843 April 7. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 30607648 ...

Fitch, George Kenyon, 1826-1906.

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George Kenyon Fitch was one of the best known of the pioneer editors of California. He was born in New York State and came to California in 1849. He settled first in Sacramento where he helped establish the Sacramento Times and Transcript and in 1852 went to San Francisco. In partnership with Loring Pickering and James W. Simonton, he purchased the San Francisco Bulletin and then the San Francisco Call, and the two newspapers became powerful forces in the city. Fitch was responsible for the Bull...