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(Sonora) San Francisco, Cal./Jul 25/40 (San Francisco). Integral rate cds (Williams SAF-250) on 1850 folded letter datelined "Sonora Camp, California, July 7, 1850" to Virginia, fascinating miner's letter with contents regarding voyage to the mines & conditions, "Murders are as plenty here as thefts are in the States, no less than ten in this neighborhood since I came here and only yesterday the stage express was stopped by Robbers, but they their benefit too shot dead on the spot and two taken prisoner and will be hung to a tree. These depredations are mostly committed by Mexicans, who are as thick as Americans in these mines. The people are waking up and if there is a continuation of these things, they will be driven out of the country one and all.", slight aging & edge wear, F.-V.F., a wonderful item from Sonora prior to the opening of the Post Office. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $625