Gold Rush Era Letters

Campo Seco Feb 25th 1855

Dear Sister

I recieved [received] your long looked for and Very Welcome letter of Dec 24th on the 16th of the present month a letter Was advertised for John Cornick so I sent for it but it was directed to John or doctor William Cornick and from Col de Russey of the Topographical Engineers. so this propably [probably] accounts for part of the letters that have been sent to me. I seen a letter for Dr William Cornock advertised sometime since so you see that I am not the only Cornock on the Pacific Coast.

I suppose by this time that Elizabeth is Mrs Gardenier. Well so the World goes. We both Wish her much joy and you must kiss the Bride for us.

I am very glad to hear that all the family are well and I Infer from your letter that father has got plenty of Work Which I am glad to hear. I was prepared to hear of his being out of a job at the Furnace from what I have seen in the papers. I would have sent him some money to have helped him through the winter but I came to this place a stranger and did not know What I was going to do and moveing [moving] Eighty or ninety miles in this Country and buy little things we want and putting up a house and our Winters provisions