Gold Rush Letters – September 2, 1849
September 2, 1849 From letter published in the Missouri Whig, Palmyra, November 29, 1849 LETTERS FROM CALIFORNIA The following are extracts of a letter from Edward Murphy, Esq., formerly of this place, who started overland last Spring, and dated at “Camp near Weaver’s Creek, Sept. 2nd, 1849.” Mr. M. sends in specimens of the California … Read more