Levi P. Conger to Ann Conger, writing that he is working hard for his mining company - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC04672.05
From Archive Folder	Collection of letters from a miner to his wife regarding California
Title	Levi P. Conger to Ann Conger, writing that he is working hard for his mining company
Date	24 June 1868
Author	Conger, Levi P. (fl. 1824-1868)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Writes to his wife that he is working hard for his mining company. Reports that the weather is cold and that the nearest post office is forty miles away. Describes the food and says that the men in the company take turns cooking and baking. The salutation reads "Mrs. R.A. Conger," for Ruth Ann.
Subjects	American West Gold Rush Immigration and Migration Mining Post Office Diet and Nutrition
People	Conger, Ann Medam (fl. 1867-1868) Conger, Levi P. (fl. 1824-1868)
Place written	Hayfork, 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