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1850 House Document on California

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Title: Message from the President of the United States transmitting Information in answer to a resolution of the House of the 31st of December, 1849, on the subject of California and New Mexico
Author: [Taylor, President Zachary]
Description: 976 pp. 5 maps (4 folding). 8¾x5½, original half calf with marbled boards, spine gilt. First Edition.The important House document covering the history of California up to 1850, war with Mexico, the provisional military government and recent gold discovery. Ralph P. Bieber's copy, with his signature on front free endpaper. Cowan (I), p. 40. Howes C53; Wheat Books 31; Zamarano Eighty 14.
Heading: Place Published: Washington
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Date Published: 1850