Williamson Letters (continued /10. ) 32. Unsigned Letter from California, probably not from a member of the Williamson family. It is addressed to 'My Beloved Mother and dated May 6 1855. T2680/2/10. May the 6 1855 My Beloved Mother It dos Apier that i have almost forgoten your But i hope this will excuse me for all Mother this leves me in good helth at present hoping it will find you and All my brothers and Sisters in the same Dear Mother I will relate to you as Nere as Poseible My miss fortuines and sickness for the last year Every thing prospered very well with me Untill last August at that time i was taking sick with A bad fever and Ley sick for three Months And I began to think after the first Month that my bones would be berried (buried?)' in the wild plains of California, It put me in mind of my Mother and sisters and brothers I thought If i could onley see them i could die happy But by the Ascistance of A good doctor and A Man to tak care of me I got well, Here is some thing that I suppose will surprise you when i tell you that my Docters bill was the small some of fifteen hundred dollers For the man to wate on me and give me the Madicens that was prescribed for me by the Docter, Both there Bills Amounted to Nineteen hundred Dollers, this maks A whole in the purse fast, But this is California Life and We must be contented With it, - I Will relate to you some more of my misshaps I suppose you have all herd A Bout the Faluir of the Banks of california and the Atlantic Stats Adims The faluar of Adans and Co Bank took me out of (top) thousant five huntred Dollers of my hard Ernings in California (page 2) The sme a which i onley Deposited A few days before ^ the faluar of this Bank, This Banking house was cald the best house in the State, These faluars was in January last But as the old saing is it is no use of Cring for spilt Milk It ma not be all lost the roomer is the will pay twenty five cents on the Doller, and ther is thousants of people in the Fix some from twenty thousant down to one hundred Dollers So you can sum it all up and it has Drenad my purse right well You wish to know a bout the quality of land very it is good land and is well Adopded for Almost every thing A dopded