Conger, Levi P. (fl. 1824-1868) [Collection of letters from a miner to his wife regarding California] [decimalized]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04672 Author/Creator: Conger, Levi P. (fl. 1824-1868) Place Written: various places Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1867-1868 Pagination: 7 items Order a Copy
Written to his wife Ann (occasionally spelled Anne or Ruth Ann) in Chicago. Conger and his wife were both born in New York and lived in Chicago after 1860 and through the 1880 U.S. Census. Conger worked for the U.S. Police.
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