{"id":96111,"date":"2023-11-28T11:37:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T16:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=96111"},"modified":"2023-12-01T13:12:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T18:12:04","slug":"letters-from-california-gold-rush-49er-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/letters-from-california-gold-rush-49er-part-5.html","title":{"rendered":"Letters from California Gold Rush \u201849er\u2019 (part 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Introduction:<\/em><\/strong><em> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells more stories about the California Gold Rush, based on letters a \u201c49er\u201d gold prospector wrote. Melissa is a genealogist who has a blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestoryarchives.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AnceStory Archives<\/a>, and a Facebook group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/HistoryGenNEFamilies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today I continue with my series \u201cLetters from California Gold Rush \u201849er.\u2019\u201d William Luckow, a client, shared a large collection of letters written by his ancestor Francis Henry Nicholson (1829-1884), who was among the many Americans who got the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Dwcvg1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gold rush fever<\/a>\u201d and headed out to California to make his fortune in 1849.<\/p>\n<p>Most of Francis\u2019 letters were written from Nevada City, California, to his sweetheart Elizabeth \u201cLizzie\u201d Charles, whom he later married. They had eight children. Here is a photo from the family album.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96115\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-nicholson-family.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-nicholson-family.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: four members of the extended Nicholson family. Credit: William Luckow.\" width=\"1010\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-nicholson-family.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-nicholson-family-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-nicholson-family-768x452.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: four members of the extended Nicholson family. Credit: William Luckow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In this photo, (from left to right):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Samuel Henry Luitwieler, son of George Chichester Luitwieler and Mary Estelle Dillingham, who married Mary Elizabeth Nicholson, daughter of Clara Savage and George Henry Nicholson, and granddaughter of Francis Henry Nicholson and Elizabeth \u201cLizzie\u201d Charles.<\/li>\n<li>George Henry Nicholson, son of Francis Henry Nicholson and Elizabeth \u201cLizzie\u201d Charles, who married Clara Savage, daughter of California State Senator William Henry Savage and his wife Mary Agnes White.<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Walter Nicholson, son of Francis Henry Nicholson and Elizabeth \u201cLizzie\u201d Charles, who married Clara Isabel Harms.<\/li>\n<li>Edmund Aloysius Nicholson, son of Francis Henry Nicholson and Elizabeth \u201cLizzie\u201d Charles, who married Edith L. Quinn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A letter from 1858 from Francis to Lizzie recalled his visit to the theater to see a play performed by famous pioneer stage actor <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Stark_(actor)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Stark<\/a> (1819-1875).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96119\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-james-stark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-james-stark.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: James Stark, c. 1850. Stark came west with the Gold Rush to perform in California. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.\" width=\"490\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-james-stark.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-james-stark-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: James Stark, c. 1850. Stark came west with the Gold Rush to perform in California. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here is a photo of that 1858 letter from Francis to Lizzie.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96121\" style=\"width: 592px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-letter_from_francis_to_lizzie_1858.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-letter_from_francis_to_lizzie_1858.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: 1858 letter from Francis Henry Nicholson to Elizabeth \u201cLizzie\u201d Charles about a theater visit. Courtesy of William Luckow.\" width=\"592\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-letter_from_francis_to_lizzie_1858.jpg 592w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-letter_from_francis_to_lizzie_1858-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: 1858 letter from Francis Henry Nicholson to Elizabeth \u201cLizzie\u201d Charles about a theater visit. Courtesy of William Luckow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here is a transcription of the section describing Francis\u2019 theater visit:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While I was in San Francisco I heard Mr. Stark play \u201cRichelieu\u201d by Bulwer. It pleased me very much \u2013 one passage in particular. Richelieu is a cardinal and has a ward to whom he is much attached, a daughter of an old friend of his who left her in the Cardinal\u2019s care when he died. She has a lover and secretly marries him, the Cardinal officiating. The King orders her to marry another, which she is loth to do \u2013 and the Cardinal using his power to prevent it, enrages the King, who sends the \u201chombre\u201d with forces to take her away and to unite her to his favorite by force. But the Cardinal as a last resort draws an imaginary circle around her, and will launch the Curse of Rome upon him who comes within the circle \u2013 which they all, of course, dare not risk and she is saved. I felt my heart warm and really felt thankful to that power thus portrayed in the protection of innocence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I found an advertisement in the <em>Daily National Democrat<\/em> for the play which Francis referenced in his letter, at the Marysville Theater \u2013 <em>Richelieu, or The Conspiracy<\/em> \u2013 a role which made James Stark extremely popular in his career.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96123\" style=\"width: 652px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A16F776D959D0BD9E%40GB3NEWS-1702EFB1B2B6E171%402399910-1702EFBB02E6E59C%402-1702EFBB02E6E59C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/daily-national-democrat-newspaper-0818-1858-marysville-theater.jpg\" alt=\"An article about the Marysville Theater, Daily National Democrat newspaper 18 August 1858\" width=\"652\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/daily-national-democrat-newspaper-0818-1858-marysville-theater.jpg 652w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/daily-national-democrat-newspaper-0818-1858-marysville-theater-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily National Democrat (Marysville, California), 18 August 1858, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>James portrayed the lead role of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cardinal_Richelieu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cardinal Richelieu<\/a> and his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/cowgirlmagazine.com\/wild-women-wednesday-actress-sarah-kirby-stark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Kirby Stark<\/a> (1813-1898) was Julie de Mortimer, an orphan the cardinal adopted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96125\" style=\"width: 428px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-sarah_kirby_stark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-sarah_kirby_stark.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Sarah Kirby Stark, theater pioneer in the Old West, became the first female theater manager in California. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Historical Society, California; Catherine Coffin Phillips Collection.\" width=\"428\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-sarah_kirby_stark.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-sarah_kirby_stark-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Sarah Kirby Stark, theater pioneer in the Old West, became the first female theater manager in California. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Historical Society, California; Catherine Coffin Phillips Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In that same 1858 letter Francis wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thos. P. Hawley was married this week and is absent on a wedding tour.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96127\" style=\"width: 1045px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-hawley-marriage-letter-1858.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-hawley-marriage-letter-1858.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: 1858 letter from Francis Henry Nicholson to Elizabeth \u201cLizzie\u201d Charles about the marriage of Thomas Hawley. Courtesy of William Luckow.\" width=\"1045\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-hawley-marriage-letter-1858.jpg 1045w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-hawley-marriage-letter-1858-300x61.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-hawley-marriage-letter-1858-1024x207.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-hawley-marriage-letter-1858-768x155.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1045px) 100vw, 1045px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: 1858 letter from Francis Henry Nicholson to Elizabeth \u201cLizzie\u201d Charles about the marriage of Thomas Hawley. Courtesy of William Luckow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I found the matrimony notice in the <em>New York Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96129\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96129\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A11A050B7B120D3F8%40GB3NEWS-11E753A9CECE6BA8%402400044-11E753AA022360E8%403-11E753AB08E58EB0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/new-york-herald-newspaper-1230-1858-hawley-murrell-wedding.jpg\" alt=\"A notice about the Hawley-Murrell wedding, New York Herald newspaper 30 December 1858\" width=\"644\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/new-york-herald-newspaper-1230-1858-hawley-murrell-wedding.jpg 644w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/new-york-herald-newspaper-1230-1858-hawley-murrell-wedding-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York Herald (New York, New York), 30 December 1858, page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This wedding notice read:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>HAWLEY-MURRELL. \u2013 At Nevada, Nov. 15, [1858], Thos. P. Hawley to Eudora Murrell.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americana-archives.com\/post\/hawley-family-newsletter-with-hon-judge-thomas-porter-hawley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hon. Judge Thomas Porter Hawley<\/a> (1803-1908), son of Ebenezer Sanford Hawley and Eliza Porter Stevenson, married Miss Eudora Murrell, daughter of John Thomas Murrell and Sarah Frances Bobo, and left descendants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96131\" style=\"width: 562px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-thomas-hawley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-thomas-hawley.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Judge Thomas Porter Hawley. Credit: Supreme Court of Nevada.\" width=\"562\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-thomas-hawley.jpg 562w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-thomas-hawley-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Judge Thomas Porter Hawley. Credit: Supreme Court of Nevada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hawley engaged in mining and was county clerk. He had a private law practice and eventually was elected Nevada County District Attorney, and later appointed a federal judge.<\/p>\n<p>Francis Henry Nicholson served as a public administrator in Nevada and knew Hawley both personally and professionally.<\/p>\n<p>In another letter dated 12 March 1858, Francis wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hank Kinney is at Humbug City working diggings that he &amp; Bill Pickle bought recently.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96133\" style=\"width: 1328px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-kinney-pickle-letter-1858.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-kinney-pickle-letter-1858.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: 1858 letter from Francis Henry Nicholson to Elizabeth \u201cLizzie\u201d Charles about Hank Kinney and Bill Pickle. Courtesy of William Luckow.\" width=\"1328\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-kinney-pickle-letter-1858.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-kinney-pickle-letter-1858-300x45.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-kinney-pickle-letter-1858-1024x154.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-kinney-pickle-letter-1858-768x116.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1328px) 100vw, 1328px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: 1858 letter from Francis Henry Nicholson to Elizabeth \u201cLizzie\u201d Charles about Hank Kinney and Bill Pickle. Courtesy of William Luckow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Humbug, now North Bloomfield, got its name for the same reason Poverty Hill and Jackass Creek got theirs \u2013 named by prospectors who did not find their fortunes. Thus, this creek was a \u201chumbug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, a few miners stayed and called the new mining camp \u201cHumbug City.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In November of 1858 the <em>San Francisco Bulletin<\/em> published an account of Humbug City:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Why this place received the above name, I do not know; but judging from its deserted appearance, the inference is reasonable that many have been humbugged.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96135\" style=\"width: 766px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A113ACFC4DAF84818%40GB3NEWS-117B2ABCB5303218%402400006-117B2ABDC015AAE0%400-117B2ABE9E4BF370\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/san-francisco-bulletin-newspaper-1122-1858-humbug-city.jpg\" alt=\"An article about Humbug City, San Francisco Bulletin newspaper 22 November 1858\" width=\"766\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/san-francisco-bulletin-newspaper-1122-1858-humbug-city.jpg 766w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/san-francisco-bulletin-newspaper-1122-1858-humbug-city-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Bulletin (San Francisco, California), 22 November 1858, page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The article reported that nearly 200 houses had been built, but many were now unoccupied. There was hardly any drinking or gambling due to the lack of men. A theater was present and a church, but with no standing preacher.<\/p>\n<p>The main issue was \u201cthe want of water to work the mines,\u201d but that was about to change.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Explore over 330 years of newspapers and historical records in GenealogyBank. Discover your family story! <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/sign-up\">Start a 7-Day Free Trial<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note on the header image:<\/em><\/strong> 1852 image of 23 miners at a California placer operation (colorized). Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/westernmininghistory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Mining History<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related Articles:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/our-ancestors-the-california-gold-rush-part-1.html\">Our Ancestors &amp; the California Gold Rush (part 1)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/our-ancestors-the-california-gold-rush-part-2.html\">Our Ancestors &amp; the California Gold Rush (part 2)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/letters-from-california-gold-rush-49er.html\">Letters from California Gold Rush \u201849er\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/letters-from-california-gold-rush-49er-part-2.html\">Letters from California Gold Rush \u201849er\u2019 (part 2)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/letters-from-california-gold-rush-49er-part-3.html\">Letters from California Gold Rush \u201849er\u2019 (part 3)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/letters-from-california-gold-rush-49er-part-4.html\">Letters from California Gold Rush \u201849er\u2019 (part 4)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells more stories about the California Gold Rush, based on letters a \u201c49er\u201d gold prospector wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":96141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12557],"tags":[6713,6714,58527,58525,18861],"class_list":["post-96111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogy-stories","tag-american-history","tag-california-gold-rush","tag-elizabeth-lizzie-charles","tag-francis-henry-nicholson","tag-letters-and-diaries-or-journals"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/photo-1128-2023-featured-graphic-california-miners.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96111"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96145,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96111\/revisions\/96145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}