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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04672.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters from a miner to his wife regarding California |
| Title | Levi P. Conger to Anne Conger, describing the Panamanian natives |
| Date | 25 April to 8 May 1868 |
| Author | Conger, Levi P. (fl. 1824-1868) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his wife detailing his journey from the Isthmus of Panama to San Francisco. Writes aboard the Aspenwall and the Oregonian, from the coasts of Nicaragua, Mexico, and California. Describes the Panamanian natives and an old town that had been a Spanish settlement. Other observations include descriptions of the coastlines, native villages visible from the ship, a detailed description of a small child's burial at sea, and his complaint about the ship's services since they left Panama. The pages in the letter are numbered by Conger in an upper corner of each page. Imprint on upper left corner reads "Massasoit Mills." The included envelope possibly held this letter. |
| Subjects | American West Gold Rush Immigration and Migration Transportation Travel Latin and South America Death Children and Family Maritime |
| People | Conger, Ann Medam (fl. 1867-1868) Conger, Levi P. (fl. 1824-1868) |
| Place written | Panama |
| Theme | Westward Expansion; Children & Family; Westward Expansion; Children & Family |
| 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 |