Lot
11 
Culloma, Alta Cal./40 (El Dorado). Rare integral rate postmark in red (Williams ELD-420) on 1850 blue folded letter to Maine, letter dateline "South Fork of the American River", lengthy letter which talks of the arduous journey to California & the lost of his wife & mining, "The miners here are managing 4 or 5 dollars a day, some are doing better than this, and many worse. The mines are all crowded with men and they are still flooding in by hundreds almost daily, a very large majority of whom, to be sadly disappointed. You doubtless still continue to hear flattering accounts of fortunes made in California in a short time - but then I presume you seldom see a view of the other side of the picture." etc., minor cover stain, Very Fine. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $525