2 pp., on 4-page lettersheet, addressed on p.4. 11x8½. Henry Huntley Haight, a young lawyer who had moved from St. Louis to San Francisco in 1850, a future governor of California, writes to his younger(?) brother in St. Louis about coming west to practice law: "I wrote to father relative to your coming here to practice. Of course he & yourself will consult your own interests... I cannot promise should you decide to come that you will make a fortune suddenly but I am doing so well that I should be pleased to have you come and take the chance with me for a few years. I think there is a much fine field for practice here & a much healthier climate than in St. Louis. I can promise you a good living at all events..." Provenance: A private California collection.