Overland railroad letter from John French, San Francisco, 1869]

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French, John. Overland railroad letter from John French, San Francisco, 1869]

Overland railroad letter from John French, San Francisco, 1869]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68225532

Handwritten letter from John French to "My Dear Sis," datelined San Francisco, California Nov. 3rd [18]69. Gives first-person impression of ten-day overland railroad journey from Chicago to San Francisco in 1869. Includes discussion of Railroad companies, Platte River valley, using bus and ferry to cross the Missouri River, changing trains in Omaha, bridge over the Mississippi River, train passengers, prairie dogs, riling a herd of buffalo and camps of U.S. soldiers.

[4] p on 1 leaf (folded) ; 25 x 40 cm. (25 x 20 cm.)

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