TY - GEN AU - Shear,Leo TI - Leo Shear collection, KW - Agriculture KW - United States KW - Law KW - California KW - Gold discoveries KW - Commerce KW - Politics and government KW - 19th century KW - Religion KW - Social life and customs KW - Stamp collectors KW - itoamc N1 - Open to research N2 - Collection of nineteenth-century correspondence, envelopes, and covers gathered by Leo Shear. Subjects include agriculture, business, legal, political, and religious matters as well as family affairs. Letters dated in 1849 pertain to the California Gold Rush ER -