Gold Rush Letters – October 7, 1849
October 7, 1849 From letter published in the Missouri Whig, Palmyra, January, 1850 The last Paris Mercury published several California letters, from which we make liberal extracts. The following dated “California Mines, Oct. 7,” is from Mr. S. S. Williams, who went from this county last spring, to his brother, A. G. Williams, of Monroe … Read more