Heading: (California & New Mexico)
Author: [Taylor, Zachary]
Title: California and New Mexico: Message of the President of the United States, Transmitting information... on the Subject of California and New Mexico (caption title)
Place Published: Washington, D.C.
Publisher:
Date Published: 1850
Description:

952 pp. This is preceded by Index to Executive Documents, Senate, 1st Session, 31st Congress, 1849-50, 43 pp. With 7 maps, 6 of them folding. (8vo) 22.7x14 cm (9x5½"), original full sheep, rebacked in modern tan calf, original red & black leather spine labels laid on. House Ex. Doc. 17, 31st Congress, 1st Session.

Important compilation of documents relating to the conquest of California and the beginning of the California Gold Rush. "This important volume contains the official correspondence and documents relating to California, 1847-49, and is the most extensive source of authorities covering the period" - Zamorano. The maps include Charles Preuss' "Map of Oregon and Upper California from the Surveys of John Charles Fremont" with indication of the Gold Region (Wheat, Gold Region 41, Transmississippi 613); George Derby's "Sketch of General Riley's Route through the Mining Districts, July and Aug. 1849" which includes San Francisco & Monterey (Wheat, Gold Region 79); the entrance to San Francisco Bay; "Map of Fort Hill, Monterey" from Lt. Warner's Field Map; plus route of Major Beall's expedition against the Apaches, Baja California and Port Escondido. The present copy seems an odd combination of the House and Senate issues, the caption title page matching the House issue, the pagination corresponding to the Senate issue, and possibly other variations as well. The preliminary index has the title page "Index to Executive Documents Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States... 1849-'50. In Fourteen Volumes..." Spine label numbers it Vol. IX. Howes C53; Kurutz 106a; Wagner-Camp 179b:1; Wheat Books 31; Zamorano Eighty 14.

Minor wear to the coves; some foxing and darkening within; Preuss map with short stub tear; very good condition.