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| | WHMC-Columbia--Pioneer & Frontier Life--COLLECTION DESCRIPTIONS |
 | | Correspondence and business papers of Lisbon and Lewis M. Applegate of Keytesville, MO. Letters from George W. Applegate in California, 1848-1873, describing prospects for ranching, gold mining, and wine-making ventures; politics; and impact of Civil War and abolitionists. |
 | | Collection of fifty-eight letters written between June 1850 and March 1857 by George W. Burke of Saline County, MO, to his parents William and Lurany Thornton Burke, brothers and sisters, and grandparents, all of Saline County, describing his journey west and life in the gold-producing area of northern California until his death there in 1857. |
 | | To Joseph Barnett, Christiansburg, Montgomery County, VA, from Callway County, MO, June 20, 1831 and October 7, 1835. |
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