California Gold -- The Diary and Letters of James M. Burr, 1850 - 1853: Index

Andrea Franzius

THE DOCUMENTS

The Letters, 1850 - 1853

Letter, July 11th, 1850

Letter, December 29th, 1850

Letter, January 10th, 1851

Letter, January 28th, 1851

Letter, February 26th, 1851

Letter, March 3, 1851

Letter, March 12th, 1851

Letter, April 29th, 1851

Letter, June 25th, 1851

Letter, January 13, 1852

Letter, February 10th, 1852

Letter, February 25th, 1852

Letter, April 25th, 1852

Letter, 1852

Letter, August 15th, 1852

Letter, August 27th, 1852

Letter, October 11th, 1852

Letter, 1852

Letter, March 13, 1853

The Diary, 1851 - 1853

The Diary of James M. Burr, 1851 - 1853, Cover

Diary, part I, January 13th, 1851 - April 27th, 1851

Diary, part II, May 4th, 1851 - November 2nd, 1851

Diary, part III, November 9th, 1851 - April 6th, 1852

Diary, part IV, April 7th, 1852 - August 18th, 1852

Diary, part V, August 19th, 1852 - December 12, 1852

Diary, part VI, December 13th, 1852 - March 6th, 1853

Diary, part VII, March 7th 1853 - June 20th, 1853

ANNOTATIONS

The Fever Begins

Migrating to California: Overland, around Cape Horn, and via Panama

Family Relations and Obligations

On the Way to California: Joint-Stock Companies and the First Democratic Structures

The Collapse of the Joint-Stock Companies and the Formation of Small Mining Groups

Cash and Cowhides: the Economy

Between Free Labor and Wage Labor

Democracy, Law, and Property

Californian Nativism and Racism

Cholera

Mining Techniques

Mining Techniques: the Cradle and the Rocker

Mining Techniques: the Long Tom

Mining Techniques: Quartz Mining

Mining Techniques: the Sluice

Mining Techniques: the Dry Diggings

Mining Techniques: River Damming

Miners´ Daily Life

Bibliography

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