(CALIFORNIA) Todd Charles H Letter describing the business d

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(CALIFORNIA.) Todd, Charles H. Letter describing the business dealings of Gold Rush millionaire Sam Brannan. Autograph Letter Signed to friend S.A. Brimblecorn of Grafton, MA. 3 pages, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, on a folding sheet, with address panel on final blank bearing red inked postmark 'San Francisco 15 Jul 40'; minimal wear. (MRS) San Francisco, CA, 13 July 1850

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Describes at length being called as a witness in a business dispute between the famed Mormon apostate and Gold Rush entrepreneur Samuel Brannan and his business partner J.W. Osborn: 'Upon my word I never saw so jumbled a mess.'