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James Williamson, Bonus Ravine, Nevada Co., near Auburn, Placer Co., California, to his brother, Robert Williamson, Ahory, Richhill, County Armagh, 2 January 1853
Luaigh an doiciméad seo Amharcóir IIIF
Bailiúchán Williamson Letters
Title James Williamson, Bonus Ravine, Nevada Co., near Auburn, Placer Co., California, to his brother, Robert Williamson, Ahory, Richhill, County Armagh, 2 January 1853
Description Fantastic letter concerning his journey from Belvidere, Illinois to New York to San Francisco via Panama, at the invitation of his brother, William. In fall 1852, William sent James $300 to pay for his travels, and he started on 16 September, and arrived in San Francisco on 10 November; from there, he took a small sheamboat for Sacramento, then a stagecoach to Auburn, where he discovered that William had moved to a town called Paradise, 16 miles further on., where he was keeping store and a boarding house, and doing well. James is now mining for gold, making $4-$8 per day, and living with two other men from home in a log cabin merely 10' by 12' in size. Peebles kin are also there mining. After working all day, they play their fiddles at night for entertainment. Plans to return to blacksmithing, at which he can get $100-$125 per month and not have to work in water all the time, as in gold mining. Describes the methods and conditions of mining, the gold camps, etc.
Date 02/01/1853
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Cineál Acmhainne Text
Archival Record Id p155/4/1/1
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 9pp
Topic Williamson Letters
Geographic Auburn,Placer (county),California,United States,Aghory (townland),Armagh (county),Ireland
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen fifties
Genre Transcript,Reproduction
Note Title and description by Professor Kerby Miller. Transcript text by PRONI.
Creator / Author Name James Williamson