An 1855 Gold Rush Letter from Bidwell’s Bar, California

$3,500 · Offered by Between the Covers

(Bidwell’s Bar, California: 1855). Autograph Letter Signed. Quarto. 4pp. French Creek, January 1, 1855; with the original mailing envelope postmarked “Bidwells Bar, Cal.” Light original folds, near fine. A long, detailed letter by a homesick man prospecting for gold on French Creek near Bidwell’s Bar, one of the first gold..... More

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