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The gold rush in 1849

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Identifier: MSS SC 138
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Typewritten retrospective account of Brady's overland journey from St. Louis, Missouri to Sacramento, California with his father and brother, John, his experiences with gold mining, and his steamship trip back to Missouri via Nicaraqua. He includes comments about the Donner Party and William Walker in Nicaragua.

Dates: 1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The gold rush in 1849

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