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Title	Yankees rated below par
Creator	Chandler, N. A. (1818-1880)
Description	Chandler has been working as a stonecutter. He corrects Jane’s notion that people in Eureka “are all a rough set of people.” He asserts that “this is a much better place to be poor in than New England.” Chandler discourages consulting mediums and feels that “they are the biggest humbugs in existence.” He criticizes his brothers and writes, “you may doubt it, but I do not think of dying a drunkard.” Notations in pencil on the first page at the top read: “Yankees rated below par, mediums likewise.” Pencil marks highlight certain parts of the text pertaining to the title.
Date	1871-05-07
Subject	Gold miners Gold mines and mining West (U.S.) History 1860-1890 Pioneers Correspondence Eureka (Nev.) Spiritualism Fortune-telling
Coverage Spatial	Eureka (Nev.)
Coverage Temporal	1855-1872
Publisher	Ella Strong Denison Library
Language	eng
Source	Autograph letter signed, 4 pages; N. A. Chandler Gold Rush Era Letters, D1942.1, box 1, folder 53
Collection	N.A. Chandler California Gold Rush Era Letters - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cng
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison
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Object ID	cng00053

Title	Page 1
Publisher	Ella Strong Denison Library
Language	eng
Collection	N.A. Chandler California Gold Rush Era Letters - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cng
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison
Transcription	Eureka May 7th 1871 Lander County Nevada Dear Wife, I received yours of April 17th. I was happy to hear you were all so well, I am well and have been since last summer I have been here since Dec.1st and have working at my Trade & having charge of a portion of the work we have been smelting ore building Home furnaces & I have had Eight Dollars per day all the time, Board at the best Hotel at thirteen dollars per week and Dress respectably. You seem to have an idea that we are all a rough set of people here_But you are only mistaken we have a class of people here quite as good a they have anywhare we have a number of families at the house five I think and several children I have been so situated that I could not Board myself conveniently, Secret Canon is nine miles from here, I could not
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Object ID	cng00053

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