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San Francisco Sep the 14th 1850

Dear Brother

As you wished me to write
you I shall I with pleasure comply with your
request and try to give you some idea of things
in California, but to inform you first of my
health which is very good, I suppose you have
given up the idea of Coming out here. I hear
that you are devoting your attention to farming
this summer, I hope you will be Successful,
business here is geting rather dull you have no
idea of the number that have arrived by every Steam-
er since I have been here and consequently labour
must fall or rather wages. joyners have about
8 Dollars per day I should not advise any one
to come here: if they can make a good living
at home, I am about ot leave California
and go to Oregon with Capt Colburn we
shall saile [sail] in a few days, I am now on board
the Bark Orion. Wm [William] has bought a part
of her and probely [probably] will take her round the
horn in a year or before we heard that Dave
Lawrence has died at sea. tell Maryann, that
Capt Chase left here a few days since for Oregon