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Sale 403: Americana with Manuscript Material; Travel & Exploration; Maps; Photographs (#403) 05/14/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #1Letter from an Alaska gold rush prospector

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Sale 403: Americana with Manuscript Material; Travel & Exploration; Maps; Photographs (#403) 05/14/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Heading:

AAA(Alaska)

Title:

Letter from an Alaska gold rush prospector

Author:

Robinson, Wm.

Place Published:

Skagway, AK

Date Published:

1901

Description:

2½ page letter plus ½ page postscript on 1½ sheets. 10x7¾ & 6¾x7¾.

Robinson writes to a Mr. Burrell of his travels during the Alaskan gold rush: "I did not go to Nome I though I did not have money enough to go there & do any prospecting and I staid a way from Nome and I went up to Juno Alaska...I seen people from Bute & from California and no body was making any thing...I went to White Pass & prospected a while & recorded one claim but I doant think it is any good..."

Condition:

Creased from mailing; very good.

Item#:

200542

Headline:

Letter from an Alaska gold rush prospector
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