California -- Gold discoveries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John Rankin Pyeatt Letters
Collection
Identifier: MS P99
Scope and Content Note
The letters, chiefly from Pyeatt to his wife, Elizabeth Buchanan Pyeatt, at home in Cane Hill, Arkansas, pertain to his travels in Alabama, 1948, to his overland expedition to the California gold fields as member of Captain Lewis Evans's Company, 1849, and to his experiences in California, 1849-1850. One letter is from A.B.T. [i.e., Andrew? ] Pyeatt to his mother, Elizabeth Buchanan Pyeatt, 1850. With the exception of Item 8, all letters are written by John R Pyeatt. All are...
Dates:
1848-1850 and undated