Richard Smith letters : Downieville, Calif., to father Richard R. Smith, Bath, Me. : ALS, circa 1852.

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Richard Smith letters : Downieville, Calif., to father Richard R. Smith, Bath, Me. : ALS, circa 1852.

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Contains 2 letters of a miner's account of prices, conditions, lack of mail, large numbers of people coming to California for gold, and his eventual success while working a claim of another miner.

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