The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk
If you believe you should have access to this document, click here to Login.
| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03262 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | John Augustus Sutter to George W. Wright regarding his travels in Pennsylvania |
| Date | 12 August 1866 |
| Author | Sutter, John Augustus (1803-1880) |
| Recipient | Wright, George W. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Apologizes for lapse in correspondence due to recent traveling through Pennsylvania. Discusses Pennsylvania's hot sulphur springs and compares them to those in California. Thanks Mrs. Wright for her dinner invitation and will be sure to dine with the Wrights once he returns to Washington. Sutter was a pioneer of California who was ruined by the famous discovery of gold at his mill in 1848. Wright was a businessman, inventor, and U.S. representative from California. |
| Subjects | American West Gold Rush Entertaining and Hospitality Women's History Westward Expansion Health and Medical Geography and Natural History |
| People | Sutter, John Augustus (1803-1880) Wright, George Washington (1816-1885) |
| Place written | Doubling Gap Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Sutter was a pioneer of California who was ruined by the famous discovery of gold at his mill in 1848. Wright was a businessman, inventor, and U.S. representative from California. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |