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- Collection: California - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127)
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Pictures of Gold Rush California
Narratives of aspects of life in California during the gold rush era.
Articles of agreement, July 28, 1849
Labor (coolie) contract between Jacop P. Leese of Monterey, Calif. and Ahine Chinaman.
African American and white gold miners at "Spanish Flat," Placerville (vicinity), 1852
White and African American miner working together during the California gold rush.
African American miner during the California gold rush at Auburn Ravine, Auburn, 1852
African American miner holding tool during California gold rush
[Gold miners, El Dorado, California]
Miners standing near a ditch with a log cabin in the background.
James Marshall, discoverer of gold, at Sutter's Mill
James Marshall stands in front of Sutter's Mill where he first discovered gold.
Map of the gold regions of California
Highlights gold found in various regions of California during the Gold Rush.
A letter from a gold miner, Placerville, California, October, 1850, with an introduction by Robert Glass Cleland
A letter by S. Shufelt, a gold miner, to their cousin about their journey and life in California.
The autobiography of Charles Peters, in 1915 the oldest pioneer living in California, who mined in ... the days of '49 ... Also historical happenings, interesting incidents and illustrations of the old mining towns in the good luck era, the placer mining days of the '50s
Portuguese Charles Peters' accounts and stories of seeking gold in California.
The Fugitive slave law.
The Fugitive Slave Law document passed in 1850 during President Millard Fillmore's term.