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California Gold. Important Official Report In The New York Tribune for December 8, 1848
by [California / Gold Rush] Colonel Richard B. Mason
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NY: The New York Tribune . Very good. 1848. 1st ed. California Gold. Important Official Report. In The New York Tribune for December 8, 1848, published by Horace Greeley and Thomas McElrath.
Original elephant folio newspaper, 4pp. complete, the report on p. 3. Colonel Richard B. Masonâs famous report of his trip to newly discovered placers. It ranks as one of the most important eyewitness accounts of the Gold Rush. (Kurutz 10 5)
"One day Mr. Marshall, as he was walking own the race to this deposit of mud, observed some glittering particles at its upper edges..." [from the Report). This issue was printed just three days after the Message from the president to the Two House of Congress.., December 5, 1848. While there were earlier published reports of the discovery, the publication of Mason's report here was most significant. Mason was Military governor of California from 1847-1849. His letter, dated August 17, traveled by sea to Washington and did not arrive until December. By this tim e most people who were already in California had left their jobs for the gold fields, and rumors had reached the east coast. But the publication of Masonâs report and the presidential announce ment were confirmation that settled all doubts about what was hap pening.
Condition: Removed from a bound volume. Some chipping, else Fine. .
Original elephant folio newspaper, 4pp. complete, the report on p. 3. Colonel Richard B. Masonâs famous report of his trip to newly discovered placers. It ranks as one of the most important eyewitness accounts of the Gold Rush. (Kurutz 10 5)
"One day Mr. Marshall, as he was walking own the race to this deposit of mud, observed some glittering particles at its upper edges..." [from the Report). This issue was printed just three days after the Message from the president to the Two House of Congress.., December 5, 1848. While there were earlier published reports of the discovery, the publication of Mason's report here was most significant. Mason was Military governor of California from 1847-1849. His letter, dated August 17, traveled by sea to Washington and did not arrive until December. By this tim e most people who were already in California had left their jobs for the gold fields, and rumors had reached the east coast. But the publication of Masonâs report and the presidential announce ment were confirmation that settled all doubts about what was hap pening.
Condition: Removed from a bound volume. Some chipping, else Fine. .
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- Title
- California Gold. Important Official Report In The New York Tribune for December 8, 1848
- Author
- [California / Gold Rush] Colonel Richard B. Mason
- Format/Binding
- Newspaper
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- The New York Tribune
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1848
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- newspaper,, california,, gold,, gold, rush,, 49er,, californians,, U.s., history,, ephemera
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ephemera; Journalism, Reporting, News; Americana; Californiana; Magazines & Periodicals;
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- Folio
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