[ Autograph ] (Gold Rush) Depressing A.L.S. 6pp. 4to., 'Yankee Jim's, Cal. ", Mar. 27, 1855 in which a miner named Smith sadly recounts the last hours and death of his wife from typhoid fever. In part: "..She had a Christian burial, a general attendance of the inhabitants of the village & vicinity & a Suspension of business & closed stores during the funeral - a respect I never before witnessed in the MiningTowns of Cal... my poor motherless children without anothers care & advice & I left alone in the afternoon of life, I never so fully appreciated Clara's worth... " Fine.