PICKERING & HOUGH, Dentists, Laconia, 1893, neat corner card, on small cover to Concord (Image)

Est. 20

Contookooville, N.H., Feb 11, 1849, folded cover, ms postmark and '5' rate to Corinth, NH, GOLD RUSH LETTER: "some think it is the Whooping Cough...somewhat sickly here but not many deaths. Two children died with the black rash rather suddenly..but he leaves soon for California which is all the talk now a number going digging gold which they say a man can get vastly rich in a short time....The complaint here is hard times...money scarce but Padies plenty the work diggings all weathers (refers to the Irish immigrants)..the small pox I understand in in Lowell and spreding considerable." (Image)

Est. 150