J. M. Alexander: A Gold Miner's Letter, 1852

held by the editor. The letter consists of forty-eight pages of long-hand writing with staff pen and ink. It is still very legible after 118 years of not very careful handling. The letter was written in a three-by-five-inch Pocket Letter Book provided by Gregory's California Express Co., Joseph W. Gregory owner and Thompson and Hitchcock Managers and Agents, 149 Pearl Street, Corner Wall Street, New York, N. Y. The inside and outside of the book covers have detailed advertising material concerning the company's messenger and mail service from New York to San Francisco. An 1851 calendar is printed on the inside of the back cover. The envelope in which the letter-book was probably mailed has been lost.