Series 1: Correspondence

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This series contains letters to and from members of the Haight family and their friends. Haight family members represented in this series include George, Helen, Henry, Margaret, and Phebe. Some of the letters refer to the California Gold Rush as Alexander Haight's brother-in-law, George Sweet (1821-1898), was a "49er". Other letters refer to the Civil War, in which Henry C. Haight's father-in-law, John M. Young (1831-1864), fought under the Union Army.

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