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The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Dame Shirley
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe moved to California from Massachusetts during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800’s. During her travels, Louise was offered the opportunity to write for The Herald about her travel adventures. It was at this point that Louise chose the name “Shirley” as her pen name. Dame Shirley wrote a series of 23 letters to her sister Mary Jane (also known as Molly) in Massachusetts in 1851 and 1852. The “Shirley Letters”, as the collected whole later became known, gave true accounts of life in two gold mining camps on the Feather River in the 1850s. She described these camps in...
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Episodes
00 – Introduction 02.01.2026 16:08
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Letter 01 – The Journey to Rich Bar 01.01.2026 32:18
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Letter 02 – Rich Bar – Its Hotels and Pioneer Families 31.12.2025 10:13
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Letter 03 – Life and Fortune at the Bar-Diggings 30.12.2025 12:27
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Letter 04 – Accidents-Surgery-Death-Festivity 29.12.2025 10:43
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Letter 05 – Death of a Mother – Life of Pioneer Women 28.12.2025 8:20
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Letter 06 – Use of Profanity – Uncertainty of Mining 27.12.2025 8:03
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Letter 07 – The New Log-cabin Home at Indian Bar 26.12.2025 16:42
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Letter 08 – Life and Characters at Indian Bar 25.12.2025 14:39
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Letter 09 – Theft of Gold-Dust – Trial and Punishment 24.12.2025 17:06
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Letter 10 – Amateur Mining-Hairbreadth ‘Scapes, &c. 23.12.2025 15:44
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Letter 11 – Robbery, Trial, Execution – More Tragedy 22.12.2025 13:27
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Letter 12 – A Stormy Winter – Holiday Saturnalias 21.12.2025 13:14
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Letter 13 – Sociability and Excitements of Mining-life 20.12.2025 13:30
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Letter 14 – Springtide – Linguistics – Storms – Accidents 19.12.2025 15:38
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Letter 15 – Mining Methods – Miners, Gamblers, Etc. 18.12.2025 19:16
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Letter 16 – Birth – Stabbing – Foreigners Ousted – Revels 17.12.2025 5:45
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Letter 17 – Supplies by Pack-Mules – Kanakas and Indians 16.12.2025 16:06
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Letter 18 – Fourth of July Festival – Spanish Attacked 15.12.2025 12:03
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Letter 19 – Murder, Theft, Riot, Hanging, Whipping, &c. 14.12.2025 23:39
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Letter 20 – Murder – Mining Scenes – Spanish Breakfast 13.12.2025 15:04
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Letter 21 – Discomforts of Trip to Political Convention 12.12.2025 21:29
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Letter 22 – The Overland Tide of Immigration 11.12.2025 19:04
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Letter 23 – Mining Failures – Departure from Indian Bar 10.12.2025 17:19
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