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San Francisco July 22nd 1852.

My Dear Mother, Sister, & Brother,

I now sit down to inform you
of my doings &c since my arrival at this place & al-
though it is but a short time since I wrote you I
hope that a few lines now will be acceptable.

I have thus far enjoyed very good health & am as
happy as I could expect to be under existing circum-
stances. I believe I wrote you in my last that I was
going to try my luck at the mines where I hoped to
meet S. P. Tucker [Samuel P. Tucker]. Acting accordingly I took the Steamer
for Stockton Saturday afternoon the 10th inst & arrived
at S. the next morning after a ride of 120 miles. We spent
the Sabbath there & the next morning took the stage for
Angels Creek a distance of 70 miles when we arrived at
5. Oclock. We then took our valises blankets & I started off
on foot for Murphys Camp a part of the diggings situated
7 miles from Angels Creek. We proceeded about 20 miles when
one of our party was taken sick & we we were obliged to
camp in the woods for the night. I rested very well
although we heard wolves barking around us several
times during the night. At 3 Oclock in the morning
we resumed our journey and arrived at Murphys
at sunrise pretty well tired out. The first building
we saw was a sawmill driven by steam when they
charge 12 cts per foot for sawing lumber. It is owned by a
company from Maine & they will get rich in a short time