“N. A. Chandler California Gold Rush Era Letters” is a great digital project available from Claremont College. Newton Chandler (1818?-1880), who arrived in San Francisco in 1855, wrote over fifty letters to his wife between 1855 and 1872. These letters provide interesting insights into the Gold Rush, including Chandler’s journey to California in 1855. While he “had a first rate passage…[and] enjoyed it well,” Chandler explained that conditions for “deck passengers was very bad.”
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These letters are a terrific resource for those wishing to study the Nevada silver and gold rush too. They are all the more interesting if you find out how N.A. Chandler died: By suicide after several failed investments.
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