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Handwritten letter from a California gold miner to his brother. Answering his brother's questions about returning home to work in an iron mine, Matthew writes that the offer is "flattering but I think my chance of making a big pile is better than yours but make all you can and I will do the same here." He also writes that it is not a good time to be traveling across Panama calling it "the sickly season" and recalls his own difficult journey to California. "There is only one season to cross and that is April and May."

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Title
Matthew Mans letter : Yankee Jims, Calif., to George Mans, Thompson, Pa., 1854 Aug. 6.
Creator
Mans, Matthew, creator
Mans, George
Published
1854 August 6
Full Collection Name
Selections from The Bancroft Library
Project Name
Gold Rush Materials
Other Identifiers
BANC MSS 2010/28
Subject (Topic)
Gold miners
Gold mines and mining
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Geographic Coverage
California
Placer County (Calif.)
Type
Text
Format
Correspondence
Language
English
Archive
The Bancroft Library
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