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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04672.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters from a miner to his wife regarding California |
| Title | Levi Conger to Ann Conger, providing descriptions of mountain life |
| Date | 6 July 1868 |
| Author | Conger, Levi P. (fl. 1824-1868) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his wife about how mountain life agrees with him. Describes the local mountain men as uncivilized and sickly. Reports that he is in Indian country where the natives are killing the new settlers and plans on leaving for Red Bluff in the morning. |
| Subjects | American West Gold Rush Immigration and Migration Health and Medical American Indian History Death |
| People | Conger, Ann Medam (fl. 1867-1868) Conger, Levi P. (fl. 1824-1868) |
| Place written | South Fork, Trinity County, California |
| Theme | Westward Expansion; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Conger and his wife were both born in New York and lived in Chicago after 1860 and through the 1880 U.S. Census. Conger worked for the U.S. Police. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |