Title: Letter from an Alaska gold rush prospector Author: Robinson, Wm. Place: Skagway, AK Publisher: Date: 1901 Description: 2½ page letter plus ½ page postscript on 1½ sheets. 10x7¾ & 6¾x7¾. Robinson writes to a Mr. Burrell of his travels during the Alaskan gold rush: "I did not go to Nome I though I did not have money enough to go there & do any prospecting and I staid a way from Nome and I went up to Juno Alaska...I seen people from Bute & from California and no body was making any thing...I went to White Pass & prospected a while & recorded one claim but I doant think it is any good..." Lot Amendments Condition: Creased from mailing; very good. Item number: 200542
Title: Letter from an Alaska gold rush prospector Author: Robinson, Wm. Place: Skagway, AK Publisher: Date: 1901 Description: 2½ page letter plus ½ page postscript on 1½ sheets. 10x7¾ & 6¾x7¾. Robinson writes to a Mr. Burrell of his travels during the Alaskan gold rush: "I did not go to Nome I though I did not have money enough to go there & do any prospecting and I staid a way from Nome and I went up to Juno Alaska...I seen people from Bute & from California and no body was making any thing...I went to White Pass & prospected a while & recorded one claim but I doant think it is any good..." Lot Amendments Condition: Creased from mailing; very good. Item number: 200542
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