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Conger, Levi P. (fl. 1824-1868) to Ann Conger

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04672.06 Author/Creator: Conger, Levi P. (fl. 1824-1868) Place Written: South Fork, Trinity County, California Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 July 1868 Pagination: 3 p. ; 20.3 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to his wife about how mountain life agrees with him. Describes the local mountain men as uncivilized and sickly. Reports that he is in Indian country where the natives are killing the new settlers and plans on leaving for Red Bluff in the morning.

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.

Conger, Ann Medam, fl. 1867-1868
Conger, Levi P., fl. 1824-1868

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