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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04672.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters from a miner to his wife regarding California |
| Title | Levi P. Conger to Ann Conger, writing that he has walked 120 miles in four days |
| Date | 1 June 1868 |
| Author | Conger, Levi P. (fl. 1824-1868) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his wife that he has walked 120 miles in four days and still has another 130 miles to go into the mountains. His feet are sore but he feels great. Describes sleeping on the ground and the arduous journey ahead of him. The included envelope possibly held this letter. |
| Subjects | American West Gold Rush Immigration and Migration Travel Health and Medical |
| People | Conger, Levi P. (fl. 1824-1868) Conger, Ann Medam (fl. 1867-1868) |
| Place written | Red Bluff, Tehama 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 |