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Coverless Envelope with an Indian Diggings Manuscript Postmark, 1857 (126752)

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Coverless Envelope with an Indian Diggings Manuscript Postmark, 1857  (126752)
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130.00USDto o****************n+ buyer's premium (32.50)
This item SOLD at 2020 Dec 19 @ 10:13UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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"...we have been digging in that tunnel...I think it will pay $3-$4 a day." Talks about snow and snowing. He talks about Alnon Shaver feeding squaws his beans and bread. Sent by Thomas Hubbard to Shaver in Mokelumne Hill. major rips and tears on back pages that do not affect any writing.



Indian Diggings was in El Dorado County. Located 25 miles southeast of Placerville near the El Dorado-Amador county border, Indian Diggings was founded in 1850 by prospectors from Fiddletown who happened upon some Miwok Indians panning for gold in the nearby Telegraph River. By the end of that year there were over 50 cabins, a store, and a saloon /gambling house. In 1853 the first post office opened. The population reached 2,000 in 1855 and there were nine stores, five hotels and numerous saloons. That same year it vied with Placerville to become the county seat which it lost by only a few votes. [El Dorado Historical Society, online]

Date: 1857
Country (if not USA):
State: California
City: Indian Diggings
Provenance:

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