Name/Title
LetterEntry/Object ID
2008.015.0242Scope and Content
This is a facsimile of a historic letter having to do with the discovery of gold in California. It was a series put out by the Book Club of California in December of 1948. We have seven of at least a series of 12.
The entire list of letters is:
1. Captain John A. Sutter [to G. McKinstry].-
2. The Sutter-Marshall lease.-
3. Sutter to Leidesdorff.-
4. Edward C. Kemble to John S. Hittell.-
5. 1848: a letter from Thomas O. Larkin to Governor R.B. Mason.-
6. W.D.M. Howard to B.T. Reed, 1848.-
7. Consul Thomas O. Larkin to Secretary of State James Buchanan.-
8. Letter of Captain J.L. Folsom to the Secretary of the National Institute at Washington, D.C.-
9. Letter of Ebenezer Larkin Childs to Thomas O. Larkin.-
10. Rodman M. Price to Thomas O. Larkin.-
11. A letter from Stephen Reynolds to Thomas O. Larkin, November, 1848.-
12. Robert Semple to Thomas O. Larkin.
We have letters 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 12
This one is letter 9, Ebenezer Larkin Childs to Thomas O. Larkin September 27, 1848. It is a personal letter from Larkin's brother. It describes how the news of gold discovery was received on the East Coast. It also describes the many people who are making plans to head West.Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
