This letter was written on Chandler’s arrival in San Francisco by boat. Chandler recounted the circumstances of his journey, the food, and the differences between cabin fare and steerage fare, and the “very bad” circumstances of deck passengers. “They won’t give the deck people even a crust that is left.” “I think I shall like the country well.” Chandler mentioned that “stonecutters get seven dollars pr day on the custom house building… must try the mines first.” Chandler writes that he doesn’t know where he will stop, but is going north first, near the Yuba, by steamboat. Notations in pencil on the first page at the top read: “Arrival in California.”
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