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Letter From Augustin Hibbard To William Hibbard 1856 Feb. 4, Augustin Hibbard

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Letter From Augustin Hibbard To [William Hibbard] 1855 Nov. 20, Augustin Hibbard

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San Francisco Nov 20^th 1855

My Dearest Brother

According to my promise in my letter to William by the last mail, I now proceed to answer yours of July 8^th. If you could actually realize my dear brother the pleasure that your letters give me and how anxiously I look for letters from home every mail, you would I think, often devote a few leisure moments in writing to me. I know that I am sadly remiss of my duty, in writing home so seldom, but the privations, hardships, and, disapointments [disappointments] I have experienced during the …

Letter From Augustin Hibbard To William Hibbard 1855 Nov. 3, Augustin Hibbard

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Letter From Augustin Hibbard To [William Hibbard] 1854 Oct. 12, Augustin Hibbard

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Coloma Oct 12^th 1854

My Dear Brother

I received your letter of Aug [August] 17^th in Sept. [September] but not in time to answer it by last mail

You can readily conceive that it was with much anxiety that I opened it, for the black seal told me, too well, that some-one who was near and dear to me had been taken by the hand of Death, to that bourne from whence no traveller [traveler] returns.

I should have liked very much to have seen brother Benton again in this world, but the will of the Lord be …

Letter From Augustin Hibbard To [William Hibbard] 1854 April 12, Augustin Hibbard

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Letter From Augustin Hibbard To [William Hibbard] 1854 Jan. 12, Augustin Hibbard

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Coloma Jany [January] 12th 1854

My Dear Brother

I believe that you of all the family write me the oftnest [oftenest], and your letters are always interesting and generaly [generally] long ones. Therefore in inditing this short Epistle to you I feel that shall still remain largely in your debt. I should have certainly written you a long letter by this mail had I not known that the letter to Father & Mother would be read by you and that you would consider it the same as you would were it addressed to you. In one of your letters you …

Letter From Augustin Hibbard To [William Hibbard] 1853 Aug. 27, Augustin Hibbard

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Letter From Sylvan Rathbun To Albert Rathbun 1853 April 28, Sylvan Rathbun

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Rich Gulch April 28th / 53 Dear Brother I received your letter of Febuary 28th, the other day giving a good account of things at home. It found me well and hardy and diging gold in the Old Gulch. I sent you a map [letter] the first of April with a few lines in it. Since, I sold my ranch for five hundred dollars. So after debts are all settled I will have about that much "ahead of the game” I have had another mule stolen since I wrote you last winter. Three others wer stole at the same time …

Letter From Augustin Hibbard To [William Hibbard] 1853 March 10, Augustin Hibbard

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Letter From Augustin Hibbard To [William Hibbard] 1861 Dec. 7, Augustin Hibbard

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Victoria V I Dec 7^th 1861

My Dear Brother

Your welcome letter of Oct 1^st came to hand to day, and I hasten to reply to it although I have not time to write but a few lines as the Steamer remains here but a short time to day. I wrote to Ashley by last mail, and will write to you again soon.

My health is improving and I am now getting along better with my business, the difficulties I have had to contend with are disappearing, and I feel confident that I shall succeed in building up …

Letter From Augustin Hibbard To [William Hibbard] 1851 June 26, Augustin Hibbard

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Letter From C. G. Ellis To Austin W. Ellis [Son], 1850 Nov. 18, C. G. Ellis

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Letter From Sylvan Rathbun To Albert Rathbun 1850 Oct. 25, Sylvan Rathbun

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Albert Rathbun. Almond. Allegany. Co. N.Y. Stockton Cal. Oct. 30 Kieffers Ranch Calaveras River Oct. 25, 50 Dear Brother I have met with many disapointments and [losses] since I wrote you last of which I will give you a summary account. After finishing the brush play house which I told you I was building I lost my mule lost about four days time looking after him he was stole affter that I commensed diging again and when my partner could not tend the store alone I [assisted] him in the mean time wee had to trust out considerable provision to …

Letter From C. G. Ellis To Austin W. Ellis [Son], 1850 Oct. 20, C. G. Ellis

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Letter From C. G. Ellis To Austin W. Ellis [Son], 1850 Oct. 12, C. G. Ellis

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Letter From C. G. Ellis To Austin W. Ellis [Son], 1850 Oct., C. G. Ellis

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Letter From Augustin Hibbard To William [Hibbard] 1850 Sept. 4, Augustin Hibbard

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Bushey Bar North fork of the Middle fork of the American River

September 4th, 1850

California

My Dear Brother William,

I wrote a few lines to Ashley by last mail. I had not then time to go into any details as it was only by a mere chance that I had an opportunity of sending to Sacramento City in time for the mail and I had very little time to write. As I gave him my reasons for maintaining so long a silence I shall say nothing more about that but proceed to give you a sketch …

Letter From Augustin Hibbard To Brother [Ashley Hibbard], 1850 Aug. 20, Augustin Hibbard

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Bushey Bar North fork of the Middle fork of the American River

August 20^th, 1850

My Dear Brother,

Yours of the 6^th of May came to hand yesterday and in order that your expectations may not be realized, I hasten to reply to it.

I have not written to you, or any of the family, for more than a year it is true, but you should not conclude from that I had forgotten or ceased to think of you. No. My dear brother that is far from being the case. Many and a nights after a days …

Diary Of Dr. Robert H. Rhodes [Incl. Medical Training In New York And Voyage To San Francisco], 1848-1849, 1861, Robert H. Rhodes Dr.

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(Note: only page 1 is transcribed) Sept 14th 1848 I took leave of my dear home for New York for the purchase of completing my medical education. What my feelings [were] can be imagined but not described. I had not been absent from home for many years, and I felt [now] that I was taking my leave of all I held dear on earth forever. I expected to be absent for two or three years, and [ ] the changes that must in the common course of events take place. I could not feel otherwise than sad what added to …