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1850 Gold Rush Trail Coverless Letters (4) - Independence to Sacramento (126729)

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1850  Gold Rush Trail Coverless Letters (4) - Independence to Sacramento  (126729)
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1,200.00USD+ (300.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2020 Dec 19 @ 10:30UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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1) green cds with matching "X" rate handstamp on 1850 folded cover to Illinois, letter talks of Temperance Lecture, Boat trip from St. Louis, Passengers drunk and fighting (one man lost three teeth), gamblers onboard, Cholera, asks that future letters be written to Sacramento City. 2-4) Also included are three folded covers from the same correspondence all with Sacramento City, Cal. postmarks. 2) Red cds & matching "40" rate datelined "Volcano Diggins, Apr. 20, '51", 3) Letter with "10" rate, datelined "Placer County, Senator Bar, American River, Cal./Oct. 26, 1851", letter mentions being in the diggings and wanting to make "a little more ore", going to Hangtown (Placerville), mining, "he went in north Canon in the same old place that we worked last fall and he took out $1450 under that old log, so this is luck in the gold mines.". 4) 1852 folded cover with "10" rate, datelined "Sac. City/Nov. 28th, 1852", letter talks of weather and fire the great Sacramento fire). The city is built up again after a fashion, tents and shantys of all kinds with some large fireproof brick houses. VERT FINE. A CHOICE GROUP OF GOLD RUSH COVERS AND LETTERS.

Date: 1850
Country (if not USA):
State: California
City: Sacramento
Provenance:

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