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1850 January 16 . James [Boughton?] ALS to Dr. Edward H. Boughton; New York, [New York].

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Abstract:
Discusses anxiousness to hear from family, how their parents are doing, and how their situation is living in Ebenezer's household. Gossip about "an unpleasant feeling existing in Ebenezer's family and that Eliza does not treat Elias' wife very kindly." Correspondence with a young man who went to California, with notes about profits from mining and cost of provisions. "... numbers of our acquaintances have returned from California but I have not known of any who have got very extensively rich." Believes most who get rich in California do so by gambling.
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Collection

Western America collection, 1797-ca. 1898
Total components 105
Last indexed 2024-08-05