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New Helvetia Diary: A Record of Events
New Helvetia Diary: A Record of Events
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Author: Sutter, John A.
Title: New Helvetia Diary: A Record of Events Kept by John A. Sutter and His Clerks at New Helvetia, California, from September 9, 1845, to May 25, 1848
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:The Grabhorn Press with the Society of California Pioneers
Date Published: 1939
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Illustrated with 2 color plates from lithographs; facsimile page from diary; facsimile map. (4to) original linen-backed patterned boards, paper spine label. One of 950 copies.



Sutter's diary is of primary importance as "a record of exact dates, information about hundreds of early pioneers and as a contemporary journal of local affairs." The book is illustrated with views of Sutter's fort and a facsimile page from the original manuscript, and provides a complete index of "persons at the fort." Graff 4041; Howes S1155; Kurutz 612; Rocq 6939; Wheat 202.

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Light wear, bookplate; very good.
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