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Author Fairchild, Lucius, 1831-1896.

Title California letters of Lucius Fairchild / edited with notes and introduction by Joseph Schafer ...

Publication Info. Madison : State historical society of Wisconsin, 1931.

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 Moore Stacks  F576 .W81 vol. 31 1931    Available  ---
Description xix pages, 1 leaf, 212 pages : plates, 2 portrait (including frontispiece) ; 23 cm.
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Series Wisconsin historical publications. Collections ; v. 31
Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Collections ; v. 31.
Summary Lucius Fairchild (1831-1896) left Madison, Wisconsin, for California in 1849 and remained in the West until 1858. On his return to Wisconsin, Fairchild carved out a remarkable career as a soldier-politician: serving in a Wisconsin regiment in the Civil War, winning election as governor in 1866, and then representing the United States abroad in a variety of diplomatic posts. California letters of Lucius Fairchild (1931) records his overland journey to California, gold prospecting from Calaveras County to Scott Valley, business partnership with Elijah Steele in farming, mining, and butchering in Scott Valley.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 200-203.
Form Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Terms Of Use No known restrictions on publication.
Subject California -- Gold discoveries.
California.
Gold mines and mining.
Frontier and pioneer life -- California.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Agriculture -- California.
Agriculture.
California -- Commerce.
California -- Commerce.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Added Author Schafer, Joseph, 1867-1941.