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Remonstrance & memorial of Zachariah Cox
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
In this letter addressed "Dear Brother," Zachariah Heywood writes that he, along with eight others, has found a claim in Placer County valued at one thousand dollars a share. He hopes to be able to return home the following spring.
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Manuscripts
In this letter to his brother Jonathan, Zachariah Heywood writes that he has been doing quite well on the farm, having produced 1500 pounds each of cheese and butter. He reports there was "great excitement" when news of the Civil War was received. Written on paper containing printed picture with poem titled "Stand By The Union."
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Manuscripts
In this letter to his brother Jonathan, Zachariah Heywood reports from Scott Valley, California, that "there is little to write about except the hard times and the great floods that have swept through this part of the country." He also writes of "a great excitement about the new Salmon river mines of the North" and how many "are leaving for this new Eldorado." Zachariah himself will soon be departing, as soon as he has sufficient feed for his animals. He hopes to send Jonathan's son a gold dollar, and reports that when he broke his leg the previous October, he set it himself, and that "it is still a little crooked but is improving."
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Heywood writes of his year-long trip "to the New Mines" and how it was not as profitable as he had hoped. Since his return, he has been working at a ranch, but many are leaving the farms because prices are so low. He reports that a group of "Chinamen" has taken over his brother's former claim. Printed image and poem titled "Stand by the Union" on first page of letter.
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