2007.19.1

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1/22/1849
9.75 in HIGH x 7.75 in WIDE
(24.76 cm HIGH x 19.68 cm WIDE)
Gift of Dennis M. Power, former museum director
2007.19.1






Handwritten letter from Horace L. Tidye to "Dear Cousin Lucy" in "North Providence, Jan 22, 1849" in which he mentions the newly found gold. He references "gold fever" and mentions two acquaintances that are going to California. This is a very early Gold Rush letter documenting the first flush of gold fever to hit the east coast.
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