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History -- Gold mines and mining -- California -- Sacramento

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Solomon Chamberlain autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314822]
Identifier: MSS SC 1748
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed copy of Solomon Chamberlain's autobiography. He describes spiritual experiences before his conversion and talks about prospecting for gold in California.

Dates: 1856
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Solomon Chamberlain autobiography

Thomas Mingus Johnston letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315696]
Identifier: MSS SC 1769
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of letters from T.M. Johnston in Sacramento, California, to his parents and to his sister, Lilly, in Scotland. He breifly mentions local Mormons in one letter.

Dates: 1851
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Mingus Johnston letters

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