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- GLC#
- GLC04241
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 31, 1854 to 3 January 1855
- Author/Creator
- Jennings, L.A., fl. 1854
- Title
- to Mary Black
- Place Written
- Iowa City, California.
- Pagination
- 3 p. : envelope Height: 28.5 cm, Width: 23.5 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Writes to his friend chastising her for not sending her address sooner. Describes his living conditions and mentions that a gust took off part of his roof during a rain storm. Discusses his lack of reading material. Reports the hanging of a murderer and notorious ruffian. Verso contains engraving entitled "The Miner's Ten Commandments."
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