Gold miners -- California -- Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel W. Brown diary and letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 236
Dates:
1848-1859,; Majority of material found within 1849-1850
William and Mary Monroe Correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS -Vault-173
Abstract
William Monroe (1818-1908) was a Wisconsin doctor who went to California during the Gold Rush, where he worked as a gold miner and physician. The collection contains fourteen letters, dated 1850-1851, mostly exchanged between William Monroe and his wife Mary Monroe (1822-1903). Letters written by William Monroe to his wife document his overland journey from Mineral Point, Wisconsin, to California (April-August 1850); and his experiences and observations as a gold miner and physician in...
Dates:
1850-1851