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Sacrimento City Oct ?? 49 Dear Sarah I got into this City of Tents and Canvass Nouses, this morning and the first man I met that I knew was our old friend Sharp, he is here with his Family Sewing and Reeping a Boarding house told me where I could find his Sent and if I would stop with him my Fare should be verry cheap, but I have been running about all day to find where I can do the best in buying our provisions, Cullen is with me, she went to the post office the first place after getting in but found nothing for us, there has been no mail here for two months, and may not for two to come there is but little attention paid to the mails, I shall not, in all probbability be here again til Spring, and I was in hopes of finding some Letters and papers here, but it seems if I am to know any thing that is transpireing? at Home I will have to go there I saw Thomas Briggs three days ago he is going to the diggins? with us Robt? Briggs is here and sick, he will leave in a day or two for Home and kindly offers to deliver this to you I wish I had earned something that I could spare to send you, but our Load of 30 Hundred will cost us over four Hundred dollars which is about all we have, we have found all we want to buy shall be able to get our load and leave here to morrow, a number of Pioneers have Died lately Col May? of Peoria? Died here about 3 weeks ago