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California -- Gold discoveries -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

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Charles Atmore letter

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 582
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated March 22, 1853, addressed to "Brother and Sister," and written in Mud Springs, California. Atmore writes about leaving his home in Michigan and going to California in search of gold and becoming a farmer there. He also describes California and the problems in looking for gold there.

Dates: 1853 March 22
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Atmore letter

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