Denver, Louise Catherine (Rombach): [Denver, James William]:

$950 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

[AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM LOUISE CATHERINE DENVER TO HER PARENTS IN OHIO, DESCRIBING THE MOST RECENT LEG OF HER TRAVELS AROUND SHASTA, CALIFORNIA WITH HER HUSBAND, JAMES WILLIAM ... A charming and detailed letter of California travel from Louise Catherine (Rombach) Denver, wife of the politician, Union officer, and Colorado capital namesake, James William Denver. Denver moved to California after serving in the Mexican-American War, and remained in the state through the height of the Gold Rush, serving as a U.S. Representative for the territory as well as California's second Secretary of State. He returned east after his term ended, married Louise Catherine Rombach of Ohio, and was soon appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs and then Governor of Kansas Territory by President Buchanan. This letter, written from his wife to her parents, was penned during a return trip to California shortly after he left office, describing the pair's travels around Shasta and the Sacramento River in the far northern reaches of the state. Mrs. Denver describes the scenery and fine company they enjoyed on their western trip:"My Dear Parents, I am on my way to Weaverville….I can not say that Shasta is a very pretty place but there are great many very pleasant people living here. We dined at Mr. Stillmans and had a most excellent dinner, oyster soup, chicken, strawberries, and other things too tedious to mention. Tomorrow we are invited to take tea at Judge Dangerfields....We left Sacramento

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