The Gold Rush Letters of E. Allen Grosh and Hosea B. Grosh

Contents

a v b List of Illustrations vii Foreword sheryln l. hayes-zorn ix Preface xi Introduction . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1849 . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 1850 . . . . . . . . . . . 51 3 1851 . . . . . . . . . . . 74 4Â1852 and 1853 . . . . . . . . 95 5 1854 and 1855 . . . . . . . . 110 6 1856 . . . . . . . . . . . 130 7 1857 and 1858 . . . . . . . . 152 appendix a The Reading California Association 191 appendix b The Recollection of Edwin A. Sherman 197 appendix c Financial Matters and the Subsequent Lawsuit 201 Notes 207 Index 239 c o n t e n t s ab ...