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But We have had a serrous time here and Sacremento Citty
with the cholra thousands died with it But we had good health
through it and I am as fleashy as I was at home Ever since
I got over My panama Sickness I understood by your last letter
that I had left my gold Batches under the Bed & [?] had put
them in carpet Bags I wish you both to have good health
I can see you both face to face Name it Anna By all means
tell hannah & ellarry & Betsy to Kiss you and the baby for
me and tell them if I live Eight months from this time
if nothing turns more than I Know of just now I will star
to divide Equal what we make in the country Except for
our own make of Butter I am at sanfrancisco the most of
the time to Buy the goods and buisness at Sacremento is [?]
on in his name But we are to divide Eequal what we
made from the time we started from home we are doing
quite well I think we have made some money and if we
keep good health & have No Bad luck we may get Paid
for our labor tell I save R bar gelder that I was much
Pleased to Receive his letter that Ihave made up my mind
that I would not Reccomand any man to come to this country
for fear that they might have bad luck and thenm they
might blame me I have seen more misery here Since I have
been here than Ever I seen before it is a hard country to be
sick in here is to all others Nor famailys to take care of them
But here is some men that make money verry fast by
trading and diging two some has dug up fortunes in a
few Days But they are few and far between But Hard working
and steaddy men can dig on most of the rivers from
four to Eight dollars a day common labor in the citties
and towns are about five dollars a day and not much
Work at that here is a great many men are hunting for Work & say

CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY Ryerson, John N.