2005-03
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/28/2005
Autograph Letter Signed, “A.E. Bates” 1p. oblong folio, on fine and scarce illustrated lettersheet titled “SUNDAY IN THE CALIFORNIA DIGGINS” published at the Wide West Office, San Francisco, Georgetown, July 10, 1855, and reads in part: “...The Vermonters are all in usual health although some are not so tough & hearty as others....What you see above is a small item of what is seen & done in our mountain towns on Sunday as a general thing the miners are better dressed than they are represented with their long beards they look wild & some times act wild & some are wild & never will get tame again...” Some light toning, else VG.
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