The Shirley Letters from the California Gold Fields 1851-1852 by Dame Shirley
"The Shirley Letters from the California Gold Fields 1851-1852" by Dame Shirley, whose real name was Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe, is a collection of…
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The Shirley Letters from the California Gold Fields 1851-1852 by Dame Shirley Author: Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe Year: 1922 Category: Historical "The Shirley Letters from the California Gold Fields 1851-1852" by Dame Shirley, whose real name was Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe, is a collection of epistolary-styled letters originally written to her sister in Massachusetts. These letters provide a vivid, firsthand account of life during the California Gold Rush. Here's a summary: Content and Structure: Letters : The book consists of 23 letters written from Rich Bar and Indian Bar gold mining camps on the Feather River Canyon located in the Northern Sierra Nevada mountains, where Clappe lived with her husband, Dr. Fayette Clappe. Time Fr Tags: archive.org, placer gold mining Source: ://archive.org/details/the-shirley-letters-from-california-mines-by-dame-shirley