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Preferred Citation

Long Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Dr. William R. Wilson, 1937

Scope and Contents

Typescripts of letters of the Long family of Lynchburg, Virginia. Includes typed copy of a contract, 1849, between S. J. Cralle and Henry J. Lewis concerning the digging of gold in California.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Gold--California
• Long family