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Harlan California 1846-88 1st Ed. original cloth

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Title: California '46 to '88
Author: Harlan, Jacob Wright
Description: 242 pp. Portrait frontispiece of the author from an engraving. 8½x5¾, original gilt-lettered terra cotta cloth, decorated in black. First Edition."Harlan tells of the discovery of gold and the actions of his uncle, Peter Wimmer. Catching gold fever, he mined on the Middle Fork of the American River, opened a store in Coloma, and wintered at the Fremont Hotel in Santa Clara County...." – Kurutz 312a; Cowan pp. 264-65; Howes H198; Graff 1783.
Heading: Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher: The Bancroft Company
Date Published: 1888