Hackman: David B. Hackman Collection, 1850-1896

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Call Number: MG0072

1 box     4 folders, 52 items, 484 pages     .25 cubic feet

Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 2

Scope and Content Note: Collection contains the original and typed copies of correspondence describing life in the gold fields of California in the 1850s, an account of crossing the desert on the way west, and a journal describing the sea voyage home. Also, two newspaper images relevant to the gold rush and Mr. Hackman’s obituary. He sent many letters home to his family in which he related the details of his experience, hardships of finding gold, the high prices and lack of provisions, observations of life in mining towns, his health, and asked for news from home. He also wrote letters to his sweetheart, Harriet B. Miller asking her to write him back, and his uncle, regarding family financial information.

Creator:  Hackman, David B., 1827-1896.