Gold Rush Era Collections

to Receive yours often and it appears as though we was not so far apart tell Amos to Keep his Eys [eyes] on the green for I think if I live to git [get] home it well [will] Benefit all I saw David Cinn a few Days a go But I think me and Peter has made more money in two months than he has since he has been here from what he told me he says he wont [won't] come home till he gets quite a pile which he may stay some time yet before he gets it But I hope he may git [get] it soon tell Nicholas if he has not done it Allreaddy [already] to git [get] the Buildings all Inshured [insured] of which I have written often Before But All the letters I have Received has not told me that you have Received one of mine so when you write note in your letters what you receive of mine and tell Nicholas to Do the same Direct All your letters to Sacremento Citty Sacramento City Calaforna California I am In hopes Isaac R ven Gelder got along smothhely [smoothly] this season & am In hopes Amos Will have him next sumer [summer] but You will have to Judge for yourselves let amos [Amos] go to school this Winter you must hire some boddy [somebody] to help to Keep the Cattle Right this winter or next summer you will find that I aint [ain't] home tell Nicholas that I think his money or Mr. Rhodes money is all lost for his whiskey I have been to see the man that had it and did not git [get] one cent which I noticed in a former letter as for the country I gives a descreption [description] of the country as near as I can now some men makes money her [here] by diging [digging] & some do not & some By other Buisness [Business] & some do not I Expect Peter has wrtten [written] today two [to] amos Munsen Amos Munsen & Betsy & Aelees so you must show all of them this letter I dont [don't] think they is any secret in it so tell them all that I cannot write to Each one But if they write to me I will write to them if I can and if not to them to you so they can hear from me one and all if Nicholas has not sent all of the Bills of laden he must as soon as you Receive this & the Bills of all in small figures so it take much room in a letter Dont [Don't] forget to Kiss all the children for me & tell them so look or send as often as Evry [every] two weeks to the post office for letters No More But Remain Your affectionate Husband till death Oct 15^th 1850

John N Ryerson

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