- Collection:
- "Thar's gold in them thar hills": Gold and Gold Mining in Georgia, 1830s-1940s
- Title:
- Letter: Lake City, Colorado to Wier Boyd, Dahlonega, Georgia, 1880 Sept. 26
- Creator:
- Hungerford, William Sumner, 1854-1904
- Date of Original:
- 1880-09-26
- Subject:
- Gold mines and mining--Georgia--Dahlonega
Collecting of accounts--Georgia--Dahlonega - People:
- Boyd, Wier G., 1820-1893
- Location:
- United States, Colorado, Hinsdale County, Lake City, 38.03, -107.31533
United States, Georgia, Lumpkin County, Dahlonega, 34.53259, -83.98491 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Letter from W. S. Hungerford to Wier Boyd, dated September 26, 1880. Hungerford notifies Boyd that he has moved to Colorado for the winter and assures Boyd that letters will be forwarded to him.
A project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Lumpkin County Library, Chestatee Regional Library System as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. - Local Identifier:
- mka027
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/dahl/id:mka027
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_dahl_mka027
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_dahl_mka027/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], [title of series, if applicable], Madeleine K. Anthony Collection, Chestatee Regional Library System, Lumpkin County Branch, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- [1] p.
- Original Collection:
- Madeleine K. Anthony Collection, box II-1, folder 38., Chestatee Regional Library System, Lumpkin County Branch
- Holding Institution:
- Lumpkin County Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
[ Note: [This document contains handwritten and printed text.]]
[printed text: American House,
WM. [William] CONNER, Proprietor,]
[printed text: Lake City, Colo. [Colorado],] [written text: Sept [September] 26] [printed text: 188] [written text: 0]
[written text: Wier [Wier] Boyd Esq. [Esquire]
Dahlonega Ga. [Georgia]
Dear Sir]
[written text: I left Quinnesec for this place, when I had an offer of a position, quite suddenly I shall probably be here all winter and wish you to address me here. Any letters you may have sent to Quinnesec Mich [Michigan] will be forwarded to me]
[written text: Yours Truly]
[Signed] [written text: W. S. Hungerford]
[written text: Lake City
Colo. [Colorado]]