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Title: Hard times "my luck runs wild"
Creator: Chandler, N. A. (1818-1880)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1865-04-10
Publication Information: Ella Strong Denison Library
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: N.A. Chandler Gold Rush Era Letters
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison
Description: Chandler writes about his financial losses, and a visit that he made to a fortune teller. He writes what an “Old Fortune Teller” told him regarding his past and future. He recounts the excitement of the city on Lee’s surrender to Grant, but holds some doubt of it because “the wires don’t always bring the truth.” Notations in pencil on the first page at the top read: “Hard times – ‘My luck runs wild.’ ‘Our city crazy with excitement on account of Lee’s surrender to Grant!’” Pencil marks highlight certain parts of the text pertaining to the title.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: cng00048
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cng/id/190
Language: English
Subject: Gold miners
Gold mines and mining
West (U.S.) History 1860-1890
Pioneers
Correspondence
Virginia City (Nev.)
Spiritualism
Fortune-telling
Civil War America
Time Period: 1855-1872
Place: Virginia City (Nev.)
Source: Autograph letter signed, 4 pages; N. A. Chandler Gold Rush Era Letters, D1942.1, box 1, folder 48
Relation: N.A. Chandler California Gold Rush Era Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cng

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