This project tracks Newton Chandler, a man who risked it all, by leaving his life behind to prospect in the Californian hills. Using an extensive collection of letters, this page attempts to not only provide; transcriptions, but also insight and historical context to the letters through both spatial and more traditional history.
My hope with this project is that the viewer will leave this page with a personal view of the Gold Rush. Using letters as portals back into one man's life during the Gold Rush.
