Letters, Gold Rush days '49 : typescript, 1957.

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Letters, Gold Rush days '49 : typescript, 1957.

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Letters transcribed in 1957 by Howard I. Becker from the originals of Peterson and Henry Van Der Spiegel relating to their separate voyages from New York to California and gold prospecting along the American River north of Sacramento (1849-1852). Peterson's letters are primarily to Isaac Schauber; Van Der Spiegel writes to his brother John and other family members. Brief biographies of these two men appear in the introduction.

1 v. (61 p.)

New-York Historical Society

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Spiegel family.

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Becker, Howard

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Spiegel, John W. V. D.

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Spiegel, Henry William, 1911-....

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Peterson, James W., prospector.

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Gold prospectors in California; Peterson is from Burnt Hills, New York and Henry Van Der Spiegel is from Bennington, Vermont. From the description of Letters, Gold Rush days '49 : typescript, 1957. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58660762 ...

Schauber, Isaac.

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