Gold Rush Letters

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Created by: Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections & University Archives
Last Updated: 2024-08-15
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The Gold Rush Letters Collection features correspondence from three Missourians, Jonathan Huff Biswell, Norville B. Biswell, and Elisha Cotton Winchell, who migrated to California during the gold rush of the mid-1800s. Biswell, a farmer, sought his fortune in the gold fields with modest success and eventually returned to Missouri. Winchell, a lawyer, settled in Sacramento, established a law practice, and went on to become a well-respected judge and businessman. The letters provide a vivid description of their journeys across the country and life in the new state of California. The originals can be found in Pickler Memorial Library's Special Collections & University Archives at Truman State University, Kirksville, MO. For more information about the Biswell Family Papers, see https://manuscripts.truman.edu/repositories/2/resources/157. For more information about the Elisha Cotton Winchell Papers, see https://manuscripts.truman.edu/repositories/2/resources/137.

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