Missourians Jonathan Huff Biswell (1830-1903) and his brother, Norville B. Biswell (1832-1916), migrated to California during the gold rush of the mid-1800s. These letters were written to family members back in Missouri. For more information about the Biswell Family Papers in Pickler Memorial Library's Special Collections & University Archives, go to https://manuscripts.truman.edu/repositories/2/resources/157.
