From Thomas Waters Jr. to his parents, Elizabeth Waters and Thomas Waters Sr. (March 7, 1849)
[Thomas Waters to his parents] [from a transcript] 29 7 March 1849. New York Dear Father and. Mother The world has turned round six and…
California Gold Rush (1849)
A 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Long Island whaling captains had the advantage of experience traveling the 18,000 nautical miles around Cape Hope…