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Gold Rush Letters – May 25, 1850

May 25, 1850 From letter published in the Missouri Whig, Palmyra, ca September, 1850 CALIFORNIA LETTER We give below some extracts from a letter from Mr. William Hecton, to Mr. Jas. D. Overton, dated Stockton, Cal., May 25, 1850: * * * I have nothing of importance to write, though there is every thing going … Read more

Gold Rush Letters – November 15, 1849

November 15, 1849 From letter published in the Missouri Whig, Palmyra, February 28, 1850 CALIFORNIA LETTER When our paper was nearly ready to go to press, we received the following letter from Gen. David Willock, and knowing the great anxiety of the people to hear from California, we leave out some other matters to make … Read more